Latest eMusic Albums List
Posted on | May 26, 2007 | 2 Comments
I’m not sure where the data is coming from, as I don’t think eMusic has an API, but this morning I came across a listing of all albums recently added to eMusic.
eMusic is notoriously bad at cataloging records, especially anything close to what you’d consider ambient, so sorting by genre isn’t particularly useful. But you can sort by “Label” and “Artist”, and while I don’t know that I’d use this thing too terribly often for finding new tracks, it’s a nice thing to have.
Speaking of finding stuff on eMusic, boy are there so many things they could do to improve the way the site works. If anyone from is eMusic reading this, maybe you’d like to have an ambient-music-listening, MLS-having, information & user experience professional on hand?
Worldwide Readership
Posted on | May 22, 2007 | No Comments
I began writing here just a bit over 5 months ago, with the intention of becoming more actively involved in the music I spend so much time listening to. And I think I’ve learned a decent amount of stuff by writing about records, detailing my listening habits, and researching bands and artists.
Along the way, I’ve picked up readers from all over the world. While anyone who writes on the web will tell you that they’d always like to have more readers, I think the thing I’m happiest about so far is that the readership is so spread out.
So, this is just a note to say thanks for reading, and if you find the site valuable or useful, please tell your friends about it (especially if your friends live in Antarctica. Only one more continent to go and I’ve got the whole Earth covered!).
Noah Vawter: Ambient Addition
Posted on | May 21, 2007 | No Comments
Interesting project by an MIT researcher:
“Ambient Addition is a Walkman with binaural microphones. A tiny Digital Signal Processing (DSP) chip analyzes the microphone’s sound and superimposes a layer of harmony and rhythm on top of the listener’s world.”
Video: Brian Eno - Ambient 1 (Music for Airports)
Posted on | May 17, 2007 | No Comments
“I thought it would be much better to have music that said, ‘Well, if you die, it doesn’t really matter.’”
I really love airliners, airports, airlines, air disasters, anything to do with commercial aviation. And I really love Eno’s Ambient 1: Music for Airports. I’ve had the very same experience he talks about in the video, being at an airport on an early Spring morning, the light being just right, the architecture being big and sweeping, with 747’s and 777’s arriving from and shooting off to all corners of the earth. Except I was listening to 1/1, and it really was just so much better that way.
Tetsu Inoue
Posted on | May 16, 2007 | No Comments
I’ve been listening to Yolo by Tetsu Inoue for the last few days, and I’ve been kind of enjoying it quite a bit. It’s long and quiet and stretched out, but it’s got these little bits of glitchy, nearly techno-sounding elements added in that give it a nice texture.
Though I’ve had the record for quite a while, I’m really not sure why I haven’t investigated this Japanese artist further. If you’re new to ambient music and you’re looking for a place to start, the first thing you should do is get Brian Eno’s Ambient 1: Music for Airports. The next thing you should do is get Tetsu Inoue’s mid-90’s classic Ambient Otaku. Then put these records on the stereo and take a nap. Wake up, and you’re three-quarters of the way towards being an ambient music afficiando.
Related
Tetsu Inoue Wikipedia entry
Tetus Inoue, Hyperereal
The American Dollar
Posted on | May 15, 2007 | No Comments
I wasn’t familair with Queens, New York based band The American Dollar until fairly recently, but after downloading their eponymous debut album, I recommend you check them out as well. It’s mostly post-rock-ish type stuff with a nice, kind of quirky mix of keys and synth bits. Feels comfortable on a cool spring evening, even down here in Brooklyn.
I have not yet listened to their second release, The Technicolour Sleep, but I suspect it’s worth grabbing as well.
Related
myspace.com/americandollarband
Songs for the Seven-Eyed Goat, Stone 3
Posted on | May 14, 2007 | No Comments
I recently had the chance to have a listen to UK-based artist Nick Davis’ Stone 3 project’s upcoming EP Songs for the Seven-Eyed Goat. The record is quite a nice mix of ambient electronic sounds and meandering guitar melodies. Some of the rhythm tracks are Boards of Canada-esque, and there’s just a little bit of a creepyness to the tracks that gives them a nice depth. And I think it’s this depth that rewards deeper or repeated listening.
The EP will be released this June, so in the meantime head over to the Stone 3 site and listen to some streams of the tracks, or grab some mp3’s of previous work at the Delta 9 Plastic label site.
Related
myspace.com/stone3
Now Like Photographs Records of The Week
Posted on | May 12, 2007 | No Comments
Another great place to find new instrumental, post-rock, and ambient music is Records of The Week from the fine people at Now Like Photographs, an “epic instrumental radio” show on Sunday from 4-6pm CST at Radio K in Minneapolis.
Ambient Music Blog picks list at eMusic
Posted on | May 11, 2007 | No Comments
Just a heads up here that I’ve started using lists over at eMusic to keep track of records I think are particularly good (and that eMusic has in their catalog). The first of what I hope to be at least more than a few is Ambient Music Blog Picks.
Video: Aegina Airlines by The Dead Texan
Posted on | May 11, 2007 | No Comments
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