Lazy Sunday Funerals by Marsen Jules
Posted on | January 22, 2010 | No Comments
Lazy Sunday Funerals by Marsen Jules at eMusic.com
Assisted Residence by Sintetic-collage
Posted on | January 13, 2010 | No Comments
Assisted Residence by Sintetic-collage (free download at Archive.org)
/ARC by Rob Bridgett
Posted on | December 11, 2009 | 3 Comments
/ARC by Rob Bridgett at Bandcamp.com – 12 tracks, $9.99 USD
Marking Time by Richard Skelton
Posted on | December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
“‘Marking Time’ is Richard’s first widely available record and might be the most perfect distillation of his sound to date. Using a selection of bowed string instruments and lavishing these sustained howls with the most delicate of fingerpicked guitar and gentle piano, he takes us through a most harrowing journey. These short songs are deft and deeply touching musings on loss and of the importance of time. Comparisons could be made to plenty of Richard’s modern-classical or avant folk contemporaries but few imbue their music with such a deep sense of humanity and patience. This is an album which truly rewards those who give it the time it commands.”
Marking Time by Richard Skelton at Type Records
Marking Time by Richard Skelton limited vinyl edition for sale at Boomkat
Ishohel (EP) by Hakobune
Posted on | December 10, 2009 | No Comments
“Hakobune aka Takahiro Yorifuji uses layers of guitar to create sonic landscapes.”
Twig and Twine by The Green Kingdom
Posted on | December 9, 2009 | 2 Comments
Twig and Twine by The Green Kingdom on eMusic.com
Twig and Twine by The Green Kingdom on Amazon.com
Doctorow: “Streaming will never stop downloading”
Posted on | December 8, 2009 | 3 Comments
“…there’s no reason to believe that people will lose the urge to collect music.”
“Streaming is an implausible and inefficient use of wireless bandwidth.”
“Why would we voluntarily increase our reliance on expensive, scarce wireless bandwidth delivered by abusive thugs when we are awash in cheap, commodity storage that grows cheaper every day and which we can buy from hundreds of manufacturers and thousands of retailers?”
“The more we pretend that there is a technical possibility of designing a downloader that can’t save its files, the more incentive we create for legal and technological systems that attempt to make this come true.”
I get all his arguments, and I agree with them in theory. The thing is, for me, none of them have ever really mattered. The reason I don’t use streaming music services is because they don’t seem to make any sense to me. I’m never quite sure what to listen to, because without a library of music that I’ve spent time acquiring staring me in the face, I don’t have any cues to prompt me as to what to listen to.
It’s not so much that I like to “collect” music as much as I need to in order to remember to go back and listen to it.
Streaming will never stop downloading
Cory Doctorow
guardian.co.uk
Sen Zimnej Noci by Strom Noir
Posted on | December 8, 2009 | No Comments
“Strom Noir creates beautiful ethereal guitar drones adding detail with field recordings and other sounds and is essential for fans of Beautumn and Sleepy Town Manufacture.”
Mit Ohne by Steinbrüchel
Posted on | December 8, 2009 | No Comments
You should download this record!
Mit Ohne by Steinbrüchel on eMusic.com (7 downloads)
Mit Ohne by Steinbrüchel on Amazon.com (7 tracks for $6.93 USD)
Retold by Nest
Posted on | December 8, 2009 | No Comments
A few weeks back, a package arrived from Wales containing a nicely crafted disc of music from Nest, which consists of Otto Totland from Deaf Center and Huw Roberts, who runs Serein. It will be released January 31, 2010, and it is definitely worth picking up.
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