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.

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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?

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

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Rich And Timeless (MP3)
Pinpointing The Problem (MP3)
The Little Things (MP3)
Magnet In My Mouth (MP3)
We Own This Thing (MP3)

Henrik José is also known for his moniker Bliss. And we music geeks know: Henrik José is no stranger to the world of free music. But while he explored IDM and Electronica under the cover of Bliss, he opens up under his real name. And during this process everything seems to fall into place.

All the wonderful melodies he composed already years ago now meet the world of pop. If you listen closely to his five songs you also discover the tricks and twists in his games with beats. Here's someone who grew up, but who doesn't neglets his past. Here's someone who won't forget his love for Electronica and IDM. The only thing that changed, is that everything in the name of pop got a little bit more forward. Instead of shreddering beats up, we listen to the true voice, a voice that wants to tell us some stories.

This is pure electrifying electronic pop without citation of the 80ies. No, it's pop plus electronic music on an individual level. Welcome to the melancholic and melodic soundscapes of Henrik José.

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Download: Henrik José - "The Little Things EP" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: www.henrikjose.com
Release: Henrik José - "The Little Things EP"
Netlabel: 23 Seconds Netlabel

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With average music listeners in mind, who don't get lost with excitement in dusty box at their record dealer of choice we crafted this compilation. We made our girlfriend listen to the music, asked her for advice and offer you now a true pop music compilation for people who enjoy some happy melodies.

Smile with us listening to melancholic songs from The Black Atlantic or Jsvenes y Sexys from South America. Please push your chair aside and dance to some disco music from Comfort Fit and Opolopo and clap your hands with that four to the floor beat. Laugh about the mad rhymes by Tracky Birthday and get mad with Professor Kliq. Get down with some some downtempo hip hop from fLako and B-Ju and rise your hands again into the air with Henrik Jose.

Playlist of  "Music From All Around The World"

1. Soto - "Orange"
   (www.creation-centre.com)
2. The Black Atlantic - "Dandelion"
   (www.beepbeep.nl)
3. Jsvenes y Sexys - "El Reloj"
   (www.ponirepublic.com)
4. Did The Red Sea Part? - "Ghost Bees"
   (www.peppermillrecords.com)
5. Comfort Fit - "Freeze The Cut (Opolopo's Emotional Draft Remix)"
   (www.tokyodawn.net)
6. Tracky Birthday - "Balla!"
   (www.upitup.com)
7. Professor Kliq - "Plastic & Flashing Lights"
   (www.rec72.net)
8. Suhov - "Exx Fuck"
   (www.budabeats.com)
9. Menuda Coincidencia - "verso ?sin esfuerzo?"
   (www.delhotel.com)
10. Juanitoss - "Hola Hola Bossa Nova"
    (www.juanitos.net)
11. fLako - "Humming"
    (www.myspace.com/flakomusic)
12. fLako - "Lullaby"
    (www.myspace.com/flakomusic)
13. B-Ju - "Philly Run"
    (www.error-broadcast.com)
14. Bo Marley - "Bauhelm"
    (www.jahtari.org)
15. Henrik Jose - "Possibilities"
    (www.genshimedia.com)
16. Bobby Baby - "Bye Bye Snow (Hello Snow Version by DoF)"
    (www.corpid-label.de)
17. Iambic - "December's Shadows"
    (www.laridae.at)

Licence: You are allowed to copy and...

This compilation was curated by Jeannette Corneille and Moritz "mo." Sauer. The Cover Artwork was designed by Jeannette Corneille (www.jcorneille.de). All tracks are released under a creative commons licence.

You are allowed to copy, distribute and transmit the work :)

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Download: Music From All Around The World - A Pop Compilation (ZIP)

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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.

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

2nd mouse - "Times are hard for dreamers" (MP3)
2nd mouse - "Fistful of beats" (MP3)
2nd mouse - "Ai Moo" (MP3)
2nd mouse- "So, tell me Oscillato" (MP3)

2nd Mouse describes his music as being like Plaid, Depeche Mode, Aphex Twin and Square Pusher having a jam session - imagine what a party that would be. So, with this illustrious company in mind, standards are set very high.

Mister Da Mouse chooses his sounds well with an ear to individual combinations of both classic and new sounds that cause you to re-assess your assumptions. "Levite" is an album whose feel is, in one respect, cinematic; tracks such as "Times are hard for dreamers" and a "Fistful of beats" create a sense of place, atmosphere and narrative in the listener that is evocative and entrancing. On the other hand Levite is also an album stuffed full with good old synth pop tunes. Throughout there is a sense of playfulness.

The already well honed sense of melody, displayed with such aplomb in his previous album "An Armful Of Opposite Lock" has now been refined. This, allied to an undoubted sense of creative confidence that comes with hitting one’s stride, produces some delightful and surprising moments of wry musical wit and humor. Where "An Armful" had more moments of darkness "Levite" is an exercise in balance. A track like "Drone Revolt", which has something of the nasty about it, contains an excitable super fast keyboard lick to offset the sinister elements. What we have here is a mature collection of compositions that deploy pop sensibilities and mix them intelligently with more cutting edge elements to produce exquisite tracks such as "So, tell me Oscillator" and "Ai Moo". Here there are parallels with the music of the excellent King Bastard from Herb Recordings.

The wistful and atmospheric "Times are hard for dreamers" transports you to a caberet club, complete with crooning vocals from Mister Da Mouse, brushed drums, string and echoed guitar strikes and meandering keyboards. This is down at heal dreaming; a nostalgia for a past yet to happen; a place for gin soaked regrets from the future. On "So, tell me Oscillator" inspiration is drawn from the little known electronic artist Plone and continues in a retro 50s kitch vibe often favoured by 2nd Mouse. This kitch element is further explored in the whimsical "Fistful of beats" a Spaghetti-western themed track complete with clomping woodblock sound and honkey-tonk-esque piano.

I enjoyed the previous offering, "An Armful of Opposite Lock", because of 2nd Mouse’s ability to imaginatively combine classic synth sounds with unusual and unexpected elements, without making it seem forced. Levite takes this a step further in what is an album of both considerable maturity and childish pleasure. Can’t wait for the second twin, "Minerva", to be born on www.sampleoakrecords.com. Play it loud with the lights out.

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Download: 2nd mouse - "levite" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: 2nd mouse @ soundcloud myspace
Release: 2nd mouse - "levite"
Netlabel: Fwonk Netlabel

The Black Atlantic - Dandelion (MP3)
The Black Atlantic - Heirloom (MP3)
The Black Atlantic - Old, Dim Light (MP3)

It all started with a Valentine's gift. It was back in 2006 when Geert van der Velde wrote a song for his girlfriend. She must have liked it. They married and Geert formed a band. The Black Atlantic was born. Two years, several gigs and countless jams later, the group has recorded its debut album, "Reverence for Fallen Trees". It was created over the fall of 2008 in a log cabin in the Adirondack Mountains.

It seems as if Velde and his band took a deep breath to capture the world around and inside of them - "Reverence for Fallen Trees" is the introspective and intimate outcome. For the lovers of soft tunes and sweet melodies, The Black Atlantic might be a new favorite band that it's really worth watching out for.

Virtual omnipresence. The Black Atlantic do the right thing. As an indie band, the dutch four-piece has not only signed to a wonderful and dedicated netlabel (Beep! Beep!), they are also virtually omnipresent. Next to their official site, they use Twitter, Myspace, Last.fm, Hyves, Facebook, Mininova and man, they are on Wikipedia! That's how it should be! Another great thing: You can get their album on vinyl and/or cd. Even better: You can see them live on their upcoming european tour.

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Release-Download: The Black Atlantic - "Reverence for Fallen Trees" (RAR-Archive)
Release Site: The Black Atlantic - "Reverence for Fallen Trees"
Artist Website: www.theblackatlantic.com/
Artist Myspace: www.myspace.com/theblackatlantic
Netlabel: Beep! Beep! Back Up The Truck

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.

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

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.

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

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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.

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

2nd rec is a German record label that released CDs some years back. When sales went down, 2nd rec decided to sell-out and re-start as an experimental online label. "Jars, Jams & You" by Italian Sicilian duo Tellaro is available for download only, and you can choose the price, including downloading the full-length album for free. We support 2nd rec and want to convince you to pay something valuable for this wonderful record.

Tellaro are Francesco Cantone and Tazio Iacobacci. Their electronic Pop music is build from a billion sources, like a beautiful Frankenstein patched up from the junkyard of 40 years' pop culture. The download package comes with a 17 sides pdf booklets including notes for every song, charming and interesting. We learn about friends making political speeches, grandmother and baby sister Iacobacci singing a song, Tazio's uncle from the US playing slide guitar, etc. etc. Most contributions include vocal performances, not necessarily singing though.

Wonderfully, all this makes up for a fresh, interesting and hymnal Pop record. Clever Pop music, notoriously underrated, in good tradition with acts like The Books, The Beta Band, Evil Superstars or the Anticon posse. Prelisten tracks "Dario Whorenges", "Life Goes On" and "Bad News Don't Need To Be Introduced" to become a believer. Then, believe it, every single tune on "Jars, Jams & You" will be worth the bucks you spend for the download!

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Download: "Jars, Jams & You" (Chose-Your-Price Download)
Release: Tellaro - "Jars, Jams & You"
Artist-Website: myspace.com/tellaro
Netlabel: 2ndrec.com

Clipper - "Aus Allen Fugen" (MP3)
Clipper - "Ein Konsequentes Lied" (MP3)
Clipper - "Silbernes Band" (MP3)

Clipper left Indiepop behind. Their vision of independent Pop music is high gloss and vulnerable on his own free will. Readers familiar with German Pop will probably see the intersections to bands like Tele, Kante and especially Blumfeld. Naive and quite the opposite to cool, Clipper position themselves right between flimsy 80's strings, falsetto vocals and opulent arrangements. "The New Romantics of every days' life", true that...

"Alles erscheint in einem anderen Licht" combines ten songs written between 2004 and 2008 to a coherent album. The formula throughout all songs is Pop. But be aware! All catchy Clipper melodies overlock clever and complex compositions. Beyond the 80's icing lurks an understanding in music that has more in common with 60's psychedelia, think of the Beach Boys, the late Beatles, and, fast forward, Talk Talk ca. "Spirit of Eden". This is a bit much every now and then still "Alles erscheint in einem anderen Licht" has a lot of treasury to discover!

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Artist-Website: www.clipper-musik.de
(mouse over single tracks to right-click download)

Monokle - "Friday" (MP3)
Monokle - "Magic Go!" (MP3)
Monokle - "Seven" (MP3)

Monokle is Vlad Kudryavtsev and Alexander Kumach, two young guys that sound like one of your favourite bands. On a basis of warm and organic IDM beats, Monokle compose epic Indiepop- and Postrock tracks that imply influence from 40 years of Popmusic ("From Can to Plaid", as Ideology says). You can find pieces of Kraut- and Progrock, 80's Pop, 90's Electronica and loads more in the Monokle music. Listening to this 45 minutes, I am amazed how seamless everything engages.

The album "Tesaurus" is super-versatile but works perfectly as an album, homogenous in mood and atmosphere. Vlad and Alexander blow their tracks up to massive hymns, including numerous stems of synthesizer, guitars and electronic gimmicks here and there. They do well, although most songs on "Tesaurus" don't need all the fuzz- Monokle have the melodies to reach out for everyone. A brilliant example that Netaudio is so much more than just electronic music!

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Download: "Tesaurus" (ZIP)
Artist-Website: myspace.com/monoklemuz
Release: Monokle - "Tesaurus"
Netlabel: www.ideology.de

New Wave Syria - "In Motion" (MP3)
New Wave Syria - "Random Logic" (MP3)
New Wave Syria - "Let it out" (MP3)
New Wave Syria - "Audiorape" (MP3)
New Wave Syria - "Vitamin" (MP3)
New Wave Syria - "Vision Horror" (MP3)

Thus, Sloveanian Electropop duo New Wave Syria got my attention right away. Girl (Urša) and boy (Rok) perform on a battery of cheap little synths and drum machines, curly head Urša sings and shouts over the instrumentals. Dreamy and noisy, the band settles their niche between hipster Pop a la The Ting Tings on the one and 80's influenced psychedelia on the other hand.

New Wave Syrias' debut EP "Hello, Yes" on Cheap Tunes Records is best when the shoegazing elements dominate. "Vitamins" and "Random Logic" are noisy little Pop tracks with good melodies and a lot of teenage flippancy, while "Let It Out" and "Audiorape" sound rather London or NYC than Slovenia. You are free to judge this as a compliment, but I like the introspect tunes better. Refreshing album!

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Download: "Hello, Yes" (ZIP)
Release: New Wave Syria - "Hello, Yes"
Artist-Website: myspace.com/newwavesyria
Netlabel: cheaptunesrecords.com

Caroline - "Wonderlust" (MP3)
Linda Bjalla - "Tomorrow" (MP3)

To my ears, the influence of Japanese music is bigger on the spectrum MiMi represents. This is not J-Pop but Japanese Pop. Subtle, melodic, eccentric every now and then. Mawkish by chance.

The compilation starts with Asako Fujimoto a.k.a. asakomusic. She travels around the World and accordingly, her music is conglomerate of Folklore and awkward Pop music. Caroline Lufkin afterwards conducts a hymnal Popsong, with some electronics assembling her otherworldly voice. Bewitching. Izumi Mizawa's music sound like processing the lush and warm melodies of Caroline to something artificial- a study on aural harmony

Reiko Matane a.k.a. le mépris a.k.a. pillowdiver is well known for her album on Aerotone. The track on "M100" is a shoegazing piece of Dronepop... solid. Back to the real Pop music with Linda Bjalla (Izumi Suzuki). Piano-drive neoromanticism, not shying away from glockenspiel and reverberated vocals. Got me, somehow. Miki Odagiri deliver Creation Centre-style Avantgarde Pop with loads of loose ends- nice, but I have a certain problem with the vocals...

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Download: "M100" (ZIP)
Release: Various - "M100"
Netlabel: clubotaku.org/mimi-125x125

New Earth Objects - "Part 2" (MP3)

New Earth Objects is Clemens Wegener, Marian Reinig and Tommy Neuwirth. Not much is known about the band- anyway, we've got this wonderful live recording! Within 73 minutes and basically four tracks (ranging 12 - 27 minutes), the band creates their very own sound vision blending minimal Electronica, Krautrock and Pop.

Synthesizers go along with decent sound gimmicks, super simple drums and hushed vocals. Warm textures are played out to maximal duration, drums and beats are a meditation on structure, a natural pulsing rather than an instrument to agitate the crowd. Especially the first two tracks are absolutely bewitching. "Slow down, slow down..." - must have been a special performance!

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Download: "Live at Schmiede" ZIP

Artist-Website: myspace.com/newearthobjects

Release: New Earth Objects - "Live at Schmiede"

Netlabel: headphonica.com

Telafonica - "Angels We Have Heard On High" (MP3)
Eliza Magill - "Joy To The World" (MP3)

Actually, this compilation is only four songs and one musical collective:

Sydney-based Telafonica start with their version of "Angels We Have Heard On High". Absolutely intriguing, the band contrasts their coldish Trip Hop / Electronica sound with the heavenly "Gloria, in excelsis Deo" hookline of the traditional carol. Wonderful voices (Magill/ Elmer), wonderful trumpets.

Second is Telafonica songstress Eliza Magill. Her version of "Joy to the World" is far more traditional, but nonetheless skilful and beautiful. In duet with the male vocals (Adrian Elmer), the whole version sounds like a light-hearted version of Low (who must be names when it comes to Christmas carols of course). Fully acoustic, intimate recording, a heartbreaker.

The Lessons in Time hails from New South Wales and deliver the lopsided part of this compilation. Pretentious on first listen, a revelation at repeated performance! Blake Wassell, the lad behind the moniker, delivers an emotional lo-fi version of "O Holy Night" and raises the hymnal potential of the original to higher power. The Australian Liger? Oh, he plays in Telafonica as well!

Eventually, Telafonica join for a last hymnal. "Good News (Sing for Joy)" I wasn't able to identify properly, but who cares? Trip Hop and electronic music-influenced Popmusic, only the female vocals fit the concept better.

Thank heavens to nethymnal.org for the spiritual guidance!

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Download: "A Whale in a Manger" ZIP
Artist-Website: telafonica.blogspot.com
Netlabel: 4-4-2music.com

XYDZO - "A Bali Na Bega" (MP3)<
XYDZO - "Djug" (MP3)
XYDZO - "Kuhtu" (MP3)

First off, the term Folklore might be misleading. Ulmar's approach to music is fully electronic, XYDZO is not about going back to the essentials, restoration or whatever. While listening to "Y" the reference that came to me repeatedly was "My Life in Bush of Ghosts" by Eno & Byrne.

Back in 1981, Ambient music pioneer Brian Eno and Talking Heads frontman David Byrne hooked up to create a artificial documentation of tribal music, ethnic field-recordings and Avantgarde Pop. Ljekio Ulmar adopts a similar position. He takes elements from Russian and African Folklore, popular and electronic music and glues it together to something new and exiting. This is wonderfully successful due to his substantial understanding of Pop music and music in general (is the title "Y" itself a meta-reference to the Pop Group's abrasive debut from 1979?).

The album is full of hits. Some will convince on first touch, for some you might need more time. But every single tune features a fresh idea and makes sense in the dramaturgy of the album. Essential listen! Asked for my Netaudio top ten EVER, "Y" would be in.

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Download: "Y" ZIP
Artist Website: myspace.com/xydzo
Release: XYDZO - "Y"
Netlabel: pulsations-for-you.ru

Infant Color - "Arms and Bears" (MP3)
Infant Color - "Needs" (MP3)

I'm writing a lot about Beat is Murder but be assured- it's only for the sake of music. The latest addition on the Netaudio-branch of the label is Infant Color, a mysterious guy from the South of North America according to his Myspace-account. The label, as usual, doesn't dare to post any helpful information. The Infant music, however, does not sound a lot like Texas.

Infant Color combines drum-machine grooves and cheapo synthpads with his vulnerable singing voice and guitar. Everything mixes quite rough and the whole EP sounds rather awkward than iced. Which is cool- the music and especially Color's dedicated vocal performance might have turn pretentious otherwise. The old Depeche Mode are an influence for sure, but Infant Color took Electropop to the cleaners and boiled it down to its very essentials.

A gold-mine of unspent melodies. Stunning.

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Download: "Infant Color" ZIP
Artist-Website: myspace.com/holpband
Release: Infant Color - "Infant Color"
Netlabel: beatismurder.com

The compilation brings together three young French artist, all situated between edgy Pop- and some kind of lo-fi Folkmusic. Karaocake is the solo outlet of Paris-based Camille Chambon. With four self-published records and a lot of tourring through Europe, the US and Canada in the back, Chambon comes off quite professional. Her loose lo-fi Pop miniatures don't do fortunately. Charming introspect home recordings, and a beautiful voice.

Marie Marie Cells hit the spot more rude. Rumbling bass meets juvenile male vocals meets lurching keys that sound like 90's Shoegaze. A strange combination, but somehow this cheeky Paris boygroup has a knack as well.

François Virot finally delights us with two high quality outtakes from his recent "Yes or No" album. In brutal falsetto, only acompanied by his acoustic guitar, Virot performs his awkward Indiepop. Somewhere between Panda Bear and Stephen Malkmus, François Virot proves himself as a skilled songwriter with loads of ideas and a stunning feel for melodies.

Video "Cascade Kisses"

PS: Read about Virot's No Snow-release at Merzbau Netlabel very soon!

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Download: "Release Party CD-R" ZIP
Artist-Website: Karaocake | Marie Marie Cells | Francois Virot
Release: Virot & Friends - "Release Party CD-R"
Netlabel: clappingmusic.com

March Rosetta - "Landscape"
(MP3)
March Rosetta - "Far Across The Land" (MP3)

I think everybody will agree that all-rounder Tom Carter has a wonderful voice. When it comes to the instrumentals, people could argue about the cheapo 80's drum sound and some kitchy textures. But who cares about such details when the songs come off in such sublime perfection?

Carter borrows a lot from David Byrne (Talking Heads, for performance and sexappeal) and Mark Hollis (Talk Talk, the fragility) but shines in unmistakeable uniqueness. Sweet and gooey, kitchy, intimate and touching, funky here and there, Tom Carter manages to balance all these references for maximum effect. Hot Chip might serve as an accurate, more contemporary comparison. Two or three songs in the later half drop off a bit with their easy-listening flavour and an unsavoury Garage-influence. Every thing else: ace. Watch this guy.

MP3 Pop Music Download

Download: "Late in Time" ZIP
Artist-Website: thomaspetercarter.tumblr.com
Release: March Rosetta - "Late in Time"
Netlabel: clinicalarchives.blogspot.com
Video: www.vimeo.com/2674718

My latest mixtape is a collection of catchy Pop tunes. A farewell to Summer, a heartily welcome to Autumn. Because Fall is for lovers. 16 free Netaudio tunes from shy and harmony-driven Electronica to uplifting Pop, obscene Chip tunes and back to melancholy Folk. Enjoy rare material by He Can Jog, Tidy Kid, Banjo Consortium and Inlets as well as Resynthesize’s all time classic “Supersynth” and many more. My way to Fall, as Yo La Tengo said.

Thanks for sharing, yours Bettina

Playlist "Fall Is For Lovers"

To find out more about a certain artist or song, click the links and we will guide you to the review or Netlabel.

01. Hula Hooper - "Reach" @ creation-centre.com
02. Monoceros - "Happiness (Flüor Remix)" @ inrecs.com
03. adcBicycle - "Miranda July" (allthatfall Remix) @ 12rec.net
04. Siblings - "It's Still Working" @ notype.com
05. Emily In Love - "Lullaby (Rupert Falsch Remix)" @ corpid-label.de
06. Monomatik - "The One With The Lead Guitar" @ ideology.de
07. Pix - "To Begin Again" @ fresh-poulp.net
08. Bufi - "Homeless Hero" @ ponirepublic.com
09. Random - "Spontaneous Devotion" @ 8bitpeoples.com
10. The Depreciation Guild - "Sky Ghosts" via inhergentlejaws.com
11. Resynthesize - "Supersynth" @ experimedia.net
12. Banjo Consortium - "Grizzly" @ catchtheleaves.org
13. Tidy Kid - "Kommt" via tidykid.com
14. He Can Jog - "Contractors And Architects" @ audiobulb.com
15. Infant Color - "Arms And Bears" @ beatismurder.com
16. Inlets - "Your Good Arm" via inletsmusic.com

Photo by Dani Baquet-Long,
Download Artwork of "Fall is for Lovers" by Sven Swift

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The first Cantaloup EP never really got me. The sound was right, all the ideas were there. But somehow Thomas Peters didn't manage to make his melodies stick and consequently buried them in reverb. For "On A Hill Not Far Away" , Peters cleaned up sound and songwriting a lot. The reverb is still there but guitars and especially Eva Paul's vocals don't drown within it anymore. The programmed beats are crisp, glockenspiel and piano accomplish the musical line up and work fine for the songs.

The sentiment changes from lovely to lugubrious, and i like the lovely songs better. The first half of the album is formidable without a doubt, most notably "When My Girl Walks Through This Garden".  The eight minute "Crooked Rain" (with buddy Hoodwink) at the end is worth a mention as well (I was excepting a Pavement cover version!). More experimental, closer to his old Postrock band Item maybe, with a impulsive bass guitar, moog flutes and chimes, this tune makes me impatiently await Cantaloup's next moves. High hopes, once again.

MP3 Pop Music Download

Download: Cantaloup - "On A Hill Not Far Away" ZIP
Release: Cantaloup - "On A Hill Not Far Away"
Netlabel: www.aerotone.de
Artist-Website: www.myspace.com/cantaloup

Well- talking about sound, "Crash Symbols" is far apart from the lo-fi Folk of "The Infra-Ordinary EP" and the follow-up split EP with A Thousand Fuegos. Carefully mixed and mastered, every instrument is in place, filling the room, filling your head. Central to the Liger muzak now and then: Dino Spiluttini's trembling bass-baritone, full of strength and failure, sex and melody.

Every now and then, the music menaces to collapse like a house of carts under a dozen of instruments and the band's emotional ingenuousness. But Dino holds tight the strings of his compositions, supported by former live drummer Prince Gernot Scheithauer XIII. (left) of Mimi Secue-fame as a distinct band  member for the first time. On some tracks Liger are joined by label mates Br'er, the Dust Covered Carpets and famous friends like Trouble of Tokyo or Gustav.

Liger shifted from their "Post Folk" implosions to a sound more Pop. You might want to name Xiu Xiu and Final Fantasy for comparison, maybe Patrick Wolf, that's fair. But Dino and Gernot sound unique, brighten their ideas of (Avantgarde) Pop with chamber musical instrumentation and burst of Rock energy that come fresh and raw. In a way, Liger sounds very Vienna.

What makes "Crash Symbols" outstanding in spite of everything is Dino's talent to write touching melodies. Hop over to last.fm and listen to "Split Yourself Lilith", "All Caps" or "You Are An Engineer Too". On the album, there is much more awesomeness to find. I'm an addict, hella goth!

The Phlow CD Raffle

Beatismurder is a record- and a Netlabel. "Crash Symbols" is available on CD for 14€. We managed to convince the label guy (which is, by the way, Dino Spiluttini) to give out three Liger CDs for the first official Phlow Raffle. What does this mean? Easy:

The first three people who write a StumbleUpon Review about Phlow-Magazine.com and tag us with "free, mp3, music, netlabel, magazine" get a "Crash Symbols" CD delivered for free! If you're done let us know and write a comment!

CD Pop Music Purchase

Release: Liger - "Crash Symbols"
Label: www.beatismurder.com
Artist-Website: www.myspace.com/postfolk
Microsite: www.crashsymbols.com
MP3 Purchase via iTunes soon...

Three American guys with surprisingly German names, Kurt Feldman with brothers Anton and Christoph Hochheim form a band of two guitars, vocals and a modified Famicom, known as "NES" in Europe (check this nice techtalk article to learn more about their line up).

The Depreciation Guild's first EP "Nautilus" was released over at 8bitpeoples.com (see our Blip feature for a nice live video of the band at the 2007 festival), but their full-length album is online on their website without any label support. This makes sense in a way as their melody-driven Indierock never suited the Peoples that well.

Recorded by Feldman and his companion Akira Hashizume, "In Her Gentle Jaws" (what a title!) features ten energetic and moony Pop tunes with a lot of fuzzy guitars and vocals like recorded in a hall church. The Famicom leads are integral part of their music and not only used as a gimmick. Slightly out of tune, most of their songs don't show up with all of their bliss at first try, but "Sky Ghosts", "Dark Looming" or "Digital Solace" are bittersweet symphonies par excellence.

A light-hearted version of My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Cocteau Twins of course... imagine this bands mixed with the sound of Nintendo's oldest console and you know what The Depreciation Guild sound like. Brillant, end to end.

MP3 Pop Music Download

Download: "In Her Gentle Jaws" ZIP
Artist-Website: www.inhergentlejaws.com

One thing I like a lot about demos, b-side compilations, live recordings, and, well, certain Netaudio releases is the fact that the music can be quite rough. Unhewn both in sound and songwriting, Dublin Duck Dispensary's  "Luanqibazao" is a good example for what pearls might easily be overseen upon flighty observation. 13 tracks and drafts for Popsongs to come, much excitement can be found in here.

"Bible Stories" is the demo version of an early Arcade Fire tune, "Prestidigitation" features lopsided drums and a happy-sad synth melody that makes you think of Nicholas Thorburn's Unicorns (a big guide very likely!). "I Smell The Blood" is a wonderful guitar-driven Popsong, "Brain Damage" a Wire-style assault of compressed Punk energy. Between a few dubby experiments, "The Death Threat" is another fine Indiepop song you might want to be familiar with. Did I mention the Beta Band for comparison? Stephen Malkmus? Bobby Aherne's influences are legion, but alltogether he manages to make to sound fresh and unique.

Check this delicate live performance!

MP3 Pop Music Download

Download: "Luanqibazao" ZIP
Release: Dublin Duck Dispensary - "Luanqibazao"
Netlabel: www.rackandruinrecords.com
Artist-Website: www.myspace.com/dublindd

Toot Toot! | Tidy Kid is Marly Uyma Lüske, born Australian but living in places all over Europe and the US. The travelling type, this is for sure. His oeuvre is confusing, there are remix albums, free stuff, pay-for-download music, collaborations, compilations... well. Bettina got in contact and took the tour de force, listening to everything. Here's an artists you don't want to miss.

In 2006, Tidy Kid released the first EP "People Sit In Cars" via his own label Tidy Kid Music. You can stream this six tracks treasure chest on his website or simply buy the limited CD via cdbaby. The musical concept is, roughly spoken, to mix awkward Indiepop with elements of Electronica and Psychedelia. No Indietronics but Pop in capital letters with a grounding of electronic music. Two tracks from this EP are free for download, and these two are wonderful, especially the neo-60's Pop of "Kommt" (the sequence of the song titles is "Ein Kleines Bein Kommt Zuhause Angehuepft" which means "A Small Leg Comes Jumping at Home"... WTF?). Talking about Tidy's voice, James McNew of Yo La Tengo and Dump might be a good comparison.

EP number two was published by Mexican Umor Rex Netlabel for free download (website down at the moment, back soon!). Tidy Kid enhances the element of melancholia in his music for "My Frozen Flower Pot" and sounds a bit more British than on "People Sit In Cars"... Probably Thom Yorke's solo output comes to your mind as well. At the same time, Tidy emancipates himself from the slightly naive programming of his older works and expands both into experimentalism and shameless melodies. Tracks "Flower" and "Smell" are awesome.

Third is Lüske's "Fragments EP". Six tracks and sketches that document the music, Tidy Kid improvised for a piece of performing arts by Nick McGavern in February 2008 in Brisbane, Australia. Kid remixed the tunes, arranged the pieces and published them via Acroplane Netlabel earlier this year. With it's loose beats, scattered sounds and overall improvisation feel, this one is probably NOT the record to start with- though there are some nice things to find. At least, fragments "2"and "3" are worth the effort.

Tidy Kid's Kinderzimmer

There is much more to find on his website. If you dig the songs I put in the player, switch over to www.tidykid.com and find out about it. Froggi Records cassette label, for example, are going to publish EP number four entitled "One Week With My Casio" very soon and a full-length is said to go public in early 2009.

While surfing for information about this electropop release, you read:

"Emily In Love is the side project of Emily, one half of the electropop duo Bisexual Cyborg, a sad Australian girl who makes dreamy indiepop/folk/tronica for herself and her imaginary cats."

Corpid Netlabel is quite known for its careful and earnest remixes for its own ladies. Just remember the excellent Bobby Baby-Remixes! This time Lucky Misu, Rupert Falsch and Microholiday got invited by Emily in Love. And, yes they took the rendez-vous serious and did a very nice job. I guess, Emily will invite them for another tête-à-tête soon... Just listen to "Outside to play" and "Lullaby (Rupert Falsch Remix)" and enjoy some playful, melancholic but melodic pop.

MP3 Pop Music Download

Download: Emily in Love - "You Break My Heart, You Remixed It"(ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: www.myspace.com/emilyinlovemusic
Release: Emily in Love - "You Break My Heart, You Remixed It"
Netlabel: Corpid Netlabel

All six tracks on "But We Made It So Far" are dance music in a way. So what's special about the Monomen? The three guys from Cologne and Bochum have been around for more than ten years now, with albums and EPs at Ideology since 2005 and a handful of self-released CDs and vinyl. They started as a Drum & Bass act, discovering the sweet ambrosia of Pop music very soon. Since then, Monomatik refined their organic dance music by going into big naive melodies, decently bouncing rhythms and wonderful little sound surprises.

For instance, the whistling melodie in "The One Where Everybody Joins In" is funny and charming and makes you listen up. "The One With The Leadguitar" is a must-hear as well. Alongside a fuzzy guitar, the chorus brings up sweet memories of genuine (and strange) German popacts like La Düsseldorf and Trio (sic!). Like these acts, Monomatik don't take themselves too serious and spice their music with whatever comes along. Fresh.

MP3 Electronic Pop Music Download

Direct Download: "But We Made It So Far" ZIP
Release: Monomatik - "But We Made It So Far"
Artist Website: www.myspace.com/monomatik
Netlabel: www.ideology.de

America Del Sur ("America of the South") is basically Phil Cardona and Taylor Ross. Friends from high school days back in Jacksonville, Florida, the band released their self titled debut at Rack & Ruin, a Dutch Netlabel online since early 2008 but with a back catalog of +70 records already.

Here, number 64 is the one you definitely need to know. Cardona and Ross manage to mix angst-ridden Indierock ("Evil Pop") and sophisticated white boy Jazzpop ("I Don't Know You") like a duck takes to water. Their drums sound like shit, the guitars are tied just beneath the chin very probably. There is some Surf in there. But just like for recent NYC darlings Vampire Weekend, it's the fine vocal harmonies that keep the whole thing going- and America Del Sur at heavy rotation in my player. Ace.

MP3 Rock Music Download

Release Site: America Del Sur - "America Del Sur"
Direct Download: "America Del Sur" ZIP
Netlabel: www.rackandruinrecords.com
Artist Website: www.myspace.com/americaofthesouth

Beatmapper did it: six remixes for three different birdsong artists which are nice to hear. A pleasant journey which takes you from electronic pop to orchestral pop to an instrumental anthem which leaves you quiet and peaceful behind.

Be kind rewind!

MP3 Electronic Pop Music Download

Download: Beatmapper - "birdsong remixes" (ZIP-Archive)
Release: Beatmapper - "birdsong remixes"
Netlabel: www.birdsong.co.il

Darren McClure "Miniature Forest Remix" (MP3)

offthesky "Miniature Forest Remix" (MP3)

Usually, I avoid talking about the same Netlabels over and over again. But this release is too important to keep it in the closet just because I wrote about Brometer and IOD two weeks ago. The Green Kingdom, Detroit-based musician and graphic designer gave out the song "Miniature Forest" from his self titled CD debut for a bunch of house-keeping IOD artists to let them redraft his delicate Ambient textures.

Exile-Irishman Darren McClure takes the original with him on a trip underwater. Not a trip to abysmal pits but a smooth skin-dive through colorful coastal waters. SEM-mastermind Alexandre Navarro treats the song with his cine scope delay mainly. Navarro's edit is pretty close to his own sound of semi-experimental, melancholy guitar Ambient and brings forth a sniveling feel of prairie vastness. Letna (SEM) and Mexican Manrico Montero (of Mandorla-fame) rework the track from a similar minimalistic point of view, the former with a good amount of Pop, the later with a rather dark approach. Both at huge success.

My favorite remix comes from Jason Corder a.k.a. offthesky, a guy you probably have heard of. His "Miniature Forest" is the most song-like rework and so full of fresh textures, strange sounds and beautiful melodies that it's a pleasure to zoom in and listen closely. Did I mention the best place for Ambient music is the Netaudio scene? Go download the proove!

MP3 Ambient Music Download

Release Site: The Green Kingdom - "Miniature Forest"
Netlabel: www.semlabel.com/iod
Artist Website: www.thegreenkingdom.wordpress.com

Bufi (Mateo Gonzalez Bufi) from Mexico City is not a typical laptop rocker. Allthough this is the first image that comes to ones mind, Bufis music is different from simple computer generated electropop. His indiedance has a lot to offer. The synthpop and electro funk elements as well as the catchy pop hooks let me think of Daft Punk. And the fact that Mateo is studying classical guitar adds another level of substance to his electrifying sound. Bufis "Homeless Hero EP" contains four playful songs that belong in your ears and on every dancefloor. Go get it!

MP3 Indie Dance Music Download

Download: Bufi - Homeless Hero EP (RAR-Archive)
Artist-Website: www.myspace.com/bufirolas
Release: Bufi - Homeless Hero EP
Netlabel: Poni Republic

Nothing matters anymore. Happy tunes unite with floating beats, the IDMish sounds have not show teeth, but a breath of magic is closely in on their side. Airy windows of wonder and opportunity. And then sometimes little fragments of game-like soundeffects just make you wonder, while the trip goes on. Also some excellent precise breaks are on this release.

This is the 20th, and maybe the most grown-up, release on the brilliant II-Music netlabel. The Label normally features music, that go from chiptune to miniature compositions made with chip. All releases combine clever music with extreme high quality. Something like Iqtu. Definitely my dig of the month.

This release reminds me far on the Milky Beats LP from Original Recipe, that was released some years ago on the web, and still remains one of the most precious releases that you can download. Similar music structures and vibes are also on this album. Other reference coordinate would be music from Ulrich Schnauss.

MP3 IDM Music Download

Download: Iqtu - Embarrassing Triangle (ZIP Archive)
Release: Iqtu - Embarrassing Triangle
Netlabel: II Music
Artist: iqtu.com/

Cheky and Loocila's (Jóvenes y Sexys) debut „Bruno EP“ starts with the sound of a cuckoo clock and introduces the song „El Reloj“ (The Clock). Just a few seconds later they come up with their omnipresent acoustic guitar that is the basis for all of their songs. As soon as the vocals set in, they catch you with sweet melodies that are often accentuated with suitably keyboard-sounds.

While the first two songs are in Spanish, the second half of Jóvenes y Sexys' „Bruno EP“ is in English. On „Gold Day“ they were supported by Joiejoiejoie, who is also releasing at the mexican netlabel Poni Republic. The last song of their lovely EP is called „Divine Hammer“ and is my favourite track by the mexican-venezuelan duo, because it just makes you sing along: "I'm just looking for one divine hammer. One divine hammer, one divine hammer. I'd bang it all day..." And let's be honest: aren't we all looking for a divine hammer sometimes?

MP3 lofi-folk-pop Music Download

Download: Jóvenes y Sexys - "Bruno EP" (RAR-File)
Release: Jóvenes y Sexys - "Bruno EP"
Netlabel: Poni Republic
Artist Website: www.myspace.com/jovenesysexys

Pourquoi me Reveiller was founded in 1998 and means "Why awaken" or in a broader sense "Why should I wake up". In 2005 they recorded their debut full length "They took my bed outside". Although the opener is called "bloody hours of nasty torture", recording the album must have been great fun because each song on their debut LP sounds completely different.

Besides the typical indie-setup (guitar, bass and drums), Pourquoi me Reveiller introduced piano, accordion, electronic sounds, samples and noise elements, that helped to create an eclectic indie-rock album, that ranges from experimental rock to acoustic pop. The Dutch septet is currently working on new songs, until those are put on an album, you can find "They took my bed outside" at Dying Giraffe Recordings.

MP3 Indie Rock Music Download

Release: Pourquoi me Reveiller - "They took my bed outside"
Netlabel: Dying Giraffe Recordings
Artist Website: www.pourquoimereveiller.com

The organic, sensitive and emotional sound of their homerecorded 13 track debut is highlighted through Paus and Marias voices that perfectly fit into the glockenspiel, piano, keyboard and guitar sounds. Their music is based on looped instrumental sounds that are usually slowly building up until the point where the drums or vocals start.

Although "Adéu" and "Por" are my favourite tracks, you should get the whole picture by listening from the first to the last song of their very personal and intimate album, which is "a mixture of nostalgia, nature and "home made" to them. What is also very special about U_mäs album, is their decision to sing in their native language (Catalan). For people who are interested in the meaning and lyrics of their songs, Pau and Maria have added an explanation and translation to each of their songs.

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Website: www.umabcn.com
Download: U_mä - s/t (Error-Lofi) ZIP
Release: U_mä - s/t
Netlabel: www.error-lofi.com/

While some of his former releases were either a bit too poppy or a bit too noisy for me, his full-length debut is just right. Not only well-balanced and "quality music" in terms of craftsmanship, slippy Maze can't be hold to any style conventions. "Delightfully strange", as Huw Roberts puts it on the liner notes.

Warm in tone and texture, Maze mixes processed instruments like flutes and strings with a lot of crackling noise and programed beats. His melodies are splendid and lush and create an artificial 70's Progrock-feel that goes along with the analog sound very well. The idea seems to resemble Jan Jelinek's approach to Krautrock on Kosmischer Pitch.

It is hard to pick certain songs as the whole album works best at full listen... my personal favorites are the first three tunes: "Steampunk" for it's wishful slide guitar, the flutes and the wafting beats, "Nested Companion Template" with it's cut-up vocal samples huge tonal synth-pads and finally "Subtropical Blasting Officier" which is just an incredibly weird piece of, well, Maze muzak. Yummy.

Don't forget to check the delicious artwork!

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Release Site: Daniel Maze - "Red After Image"
Direct Download: Daniel Maze - "Red After Image" (ZIP)
Netlabel: www.serein.co.uk
Artist Website: www.maze.walltapper.com

Other netlabels Daniel Maze released his music on:

Netlabel: Test Tube
Netlabel: EKO
Netlabel: 12rec.

Is it indie or pop, is it folk or singer/songwriter? It doesn’t matter. Their blend of humor and sadness, darkness and light is impressive and suddenly there is no need to label their music in terms of a genre.

Susanna’s lovely voice, that doesn’t need a lot of instrumental support and Björn’s great talent to write extraordinary popsongs like “The best days of my life” formed a musical couple that fits perfectly. This is probably one reason for Björn to have Susanna with him as a constant member of his live band.

“Blood bone / Home alone 2” contains four songs by each artist and it was originally released on tape(!), which was put out by froggi records in 2007. The Scandinavian music journal it’s a trap re-released the tape as a free digital EP. One more hint for you: Björn and Susanna are on tour through Europe (mostly Germany) and you should make sure to drop by and say hello to them after you’ve seen their show at your local venue. Click here to check out the tourdates.

Free Pop MP3 Music Download

Release Site: Björn Kleinhenz & Winter Took His Life - “Blood bone / Home alone 2”
Artist Website: http://www.wintertookhislife.net/, http://www.kleinhenz.se/
Artist Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/wintertookhislife, http://www.myspace.com/bjornkleinhenz