Free Concert Silence Tracks for Download
Posted on | October 2, 2007 | 3 Comments
Matthew Cooper, better known around here as Eluvium, has just released a set of tracks for free download. I don’t know much about it other than what the site says, which is that they’re “unedited improvised basement minidisc records.” Sounds good to me!
Go have a listen: www.concertsilence.net.
Free Efterklang mp3 Download: Cutting Ice to Snow
Posted on | September 13, 2007 | No Comments
In the growing downloads section of their Web site, Danish band Efterklang has just released a free mp3 download of “Cutting Ice to Snow” (.mp3) from their upcoming album Parades, set for release this October 15th. Have a listen, everyone likes free!
Standing on a Hummingbird, Mark Templeton
Posted on | June 16, 2007 | No Comments
I’m usually not a big fan of glitchy type stuff. I find it a bit distracting, and for me a big part of good ambient music is that I sometimes don’t even know it’s playing. Mark Templeton’s Standing on a Hummingbird has a fair amount of glitch in it, but strangely I find it to be comfortable. There are melodies and textures weaving around, and just as one is fragmented, the tension is relieved with something altogether different, like found sounds or new instrumentation. It’s nice stuff, so please have a listen.
Here’s a few mp3 downloads from previous work:
Continue Later, Frail as Breath
Drama Section, Frail as Breath
More available at fieldsawake.com/media.html
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Somewhere Someone Else, Wes Willenbring
Posted on | April 6, 2007 | No Comments
A very nice recent acquisition via emusic.com is Somewhere Someone Else, by Wes Willenbring. The record has a really nice pace, and has a nice variety of instrumental sounds, from piano to guitar and on to more traditionally “ambient” sounding stuff.
The record sounds maybe a bit “cold,” but I mean that mostly in the way I meant when I was talking about the Angels of the Universe soundtrack. This means it might get pushed out of rotation for a while as spring and summer come along, but it’s certainly something I see getting a lot of plays towards the end of the year. It’s definitely something I recommend you have a listen to. Wes Willenbring’s web site offers some tracks via streaming if you’re not an emusic user.
New Music from Eluvium, Explosions In The Sky
Posted on | January 27, 2007 | No Comments
I’m really looking forward to the release of a couple records coming in February from Brooklyn’s own Temporary Residence Limited. One from everyone’s favorite Texas post-rock outfit Explosions In The Sky, and another from one of my own personal favorite artists Eluvium. They’ll both be available February 20th, 2007.
The Eluvium record is titled Copia and the Explosions In The Sky record is All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone. A track is available from each for download:
Prelude For Time Feelers, Eluvium
Welcome, Ghosts, Explosions In The Sky
You can preorder the records now or get in on the special Danuary Pack offer that gets you All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone and Copia, as well as Rob Crow’s Living Well and Sketchi from Cex for $40.00USD, shipped.
New Stars of the Lid Record coming April 2, 2007
Posted on | January 22, 2007 | No Comments
Speaking of Stars of the Lid, their new record And Their Refinement of the Decline will be released April 2, 2007. If the kranky records website was built a bit better (read: without frames), I could link to things properly. Short of that, you can grab the free download of a track from this new 2 CD set below:
Download: Apreludes (in C Sharp Major) (.mp3)
January Downloads
Posted on | January 20, 2007 | No Comments
January downloads are below. A fair amount of post-rock, as well as a few others outside the realm of what would be standard ambient music. Picked up a few records from artists I already know, like Saxon Shore, Eluvium, and Johann Johannsson. The rest is all new to me. The iPod is fired up, the rating has begun, and I’ll check back soon to tell you about the stuff I liked best.
An Accidental Memory In The Case of Death, Eluvium
Cale:drew, Jakob
Contemplations, Mazdak Khamda
Insen, Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto
Piano Solos, Dustin O’Halloran
You Are The Conductor, Caspian
When I Live By The Garden And The Sea, Eluvium
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Tan Dun (iTunes Music Store download)
All is Violent, All is Bright, God Is an Astronaut
IBM 1401 A User’s Manual, Johann Johannsson
The Sun’s Gone Dim And The Sky’s Turned Black, Johann Johannsson
Les Fleurs, Marsen Jules
Luck Will Not Save Us From A Jackpot of Nothing, Saxon Shore
The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore, Saxon Shore
Modern, Ogurusu Norihide
Young Mountain, This Will Destroy You
The Sound of Lights When Dim, Slow Dancing Society
Vrs-Mbnt-Pcs 9598 II, Jochem Paap
Talk Amongst the Trees, Eluvium
Lambent Material, Eluvium
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