'Schematics' is the debut EP from five piece Helsingfors, including all four ex-From The Sky members, and is an instrumental post-math-rock hybrid, a logical progression from their previous work. Upping the complexity and melodic layering mixed with upbeat, jarring indie-rock, 'Schematics' was recorded primarily as a live band and bursts with the live energy
The UK based label 7 things has released a free label sampler with tracks by:
Luc Ferrari, Koji Asano, Hann Bennink, Andy Moor & Yannis Kyriakides, John Moran, David Fennessy, Strange Rainbow, Zavoloka, Peter McGarr, Axel Fomer, John Tchicai, Zoe Irvine and Charlemagne Palestine.
Some of the tracks are exerpts and you do need to register to get it. Nevertheless it has my warmest recommendation.
The Free Music Archive (FMA) has posted a hyper dynamic live recording with The Dirty Three featuring Nick Cave:
Live at ATP-NY'09 w/ Nick Cave
The Dirty Three is Warren Ellis (the fantastic violinist from Nick Caves band) + Mick Turner (electric guitar) and Jim White (drums).
(22 min. 256kbs)
Marvin from Free Albums Galore has written about his involvement with FMA here
Recommendations for three releases from the Clinical Archives Netlabel:
Sandro Marinoni - Borderline (ca321) (October 18, 2009) Borderline is a solo project by Sandro Marinoni on tenor saxophone, with a big help from Stefano Roncarolo and its electronics devices. Sandro Marinoni: tenor sax Stefano Roncarolo: live electronics. Recorded on 27th August 2009 in Stroppiana, Italy
Sandro Marinoni & Stefano Roncarolo - Air (ca301) (2009) Air is a release by Frames, an experimental collective from Italy started in 2007 by Stefano Roncarolo, a young and virtuoso italian bass player, and Sandro Marinoni, trombone, flute and tenor saxophone player.
Thanks brighternow, I've listened to the first Sandro Marinoni recording and the The Dirty Three recording, both were worth downloading. Very different types of music, but both will get played at certain times for certain moods/settings.
I've long meant to try and find the time to explore more fully what can be found at places like the Internet Archive and other sites which offer free music etc. I've found a few gems in the past, particularly ones like Awesome Tapes from Africa mentioned above and another good source of funky African sounds Voodoo Funk. Now that I've canceled my emusic account I hope to get around to exploring more music from these type of resources.
Twilight Circus - various free tracks from some of their albums, most available in full over there, Ryan Moore's various Twilight Circus/Dub Sound System incarnations provide a reliable output of rootsy, dubby sounds, with many well known guest vocalists - Michael Rose, Gregory Isaacs, Luciano, Sugar Minott, Fred locks.... There's a mix also on the same site here
Vibronics - several free tracks from this UK dub act.
Alpha & Omega scroll through the page for various links to both this UK act's dub releases and links to those of other artists too.
Dub Sessions - podcasts featuring various mixes of roots reggae, dub, downtempo, electronic sounds, some can be a bit cheesy IMHO, some are very solid mixes.
Here's what Marvin (the Blueshound) from Free Albums Galore writes about this:
The Justnotnormal netlabel has released what may be the best online collection of experimental music currently available. no-R-mal is a 4 CD collection of 52 tracks and over 5 hours of music representing some of the finest experimental music artists you will find. The vast majority of these tracks are previously unreleased.There are a number of musicians that I have heard and featured in the past including Mystified, DIncise, and Phillip Wilkerson. However there are also plenty of new artists and amazing music to marvel upon. A sampling of previously unknown artists to me that I want to hear more from would include Bob Dickinson, Kendall Station, Gurdonark, and Controlled Dissonance . Most of the music is on the tonal but dronal side although there are a few that stretch the ambient limits like Nagual Arts Niobe and The Sea and Cousin Silas Dreaming in Dunwich which I suspect is a eerie salute to H. P. Lovecraft. Overall, this is a nice retrospective that will be essential listening to anyone into experimental music.
- And here's what I wrote at the other mess board:
- With notable netlabel artists such as:
Herzog, Michael Trommer, Mystified (also on eMu), D'incise and Djet.
- Who has releases out on netlabels like Insubordinations, Clinical Archives, Treetrunk and Serein
BTW: If you like the Michael Trommer track, he has got an excellent LP out on Serein called Tree Line
@ dubdance:
Thank you !
I've got the 2 CD with Alpha & Omega called Watch And Pray / Overstanding.
(Recommended by my mentor DJ Hydepark)
This is some of the most potent dub music I've ever heard and I'm looking forward to dig in.
Because Ryan More is an ex Drummer/Bassplayer in The Legendary Pink Dots, I've seen his very impressing one man dub show quite a number of times.
It''s quite a lineup of guest vocalists.
- Looking forward to dig in here as well.
@ brighternow Your very welcome. I think I prefer A & O's earlier albums like those you have, not that there's anything wrong with the latter ones, it's often how things go with me, if I get into an act early on I often tend to prefer those works. The Dub Plate selections are good too. I'd never heard of that Hydepark before, but they seem to know their way around the dub/reggae scene.
DJ Hydepark is one person (Lars Hydeskov)
As a very young lad he travelled to Jamaica, a lifechanging experience for him.
He has subsequently started a shop, made his own traveling sound system and has been running a radio show for 20 + years in the local Copenhagen area.
- He is the kind of person that i'm proud to be able to call my friend, even though we don't see each other very often.
OK, thanks for the background info. I've just checked the myspace page you linked to. Is the shop closing anything to do with a drop in demand for vinyl/CD's etc? Many of my favourite specialist, rather than general music shops like Virgin and HMV, music shops have disappeared over recent years because so many of us are doing the download thing at sites like the one we all know? The good music shops were always a really good source of information on new releases, concerts and artists, much like many of the people on this board are.
Funnily enough I was thinking about Copenhagen yesterday, I'd seen a guy on a three-wheeled bike/trailer combination thingy here in London making deliveries, which was signed with www.christianiabikes.com. Still on things Danish, my next door neighbour went to Copenhagen a few weeks ago and came back raving about how good a time she'd had there, must get over there sometime, but it won't be soon though.
Is the shop closing anything to do with a drop in demand for vinyl/CD's etc?
- This was news to me when I wrote my post, so I don't really know for sure, but I'm pretty sure that this is the reason.
Hydeparks Corner is just one of many other specialist shops that has closed in Copenhagen
Copenhagen is a very nice city in the summertime, so I can recommend a visit.
I moved away from Cph 7 years ago to a house at the countryside (170 km's away) - one of my best decisions in the recent years.
No, it isn't holiday music, but it is a gift from Louisville's premier record store. I have listened to it only once, mainly because I was derailed by a track from Teneia Sanders (her web page). I am enjoying her album, Soulcatcher, found here on eMusic, as I type. I'm not sure how to categorize her -- she has different sounds. To think, this jewel is right in my own back yard, and if not for a freebie, I probably would have missed her.
- He has also an LP out on eMu called A Book Of Dreams.
I havent checked that one out yet, but there's some full track samples available from his website
@Brighternow Hey! One of my friends, Greg Conte, is the guitarist on the Daughters of Industry album! (Just thought I'd share that it's a small world factoid)
Greg Conte's track (track 8 on 2) is one of my top favourite tracks on the no-R-mal compilation and I've tried to track down any recordings from him with no luck.
- So if you know something that I don't, please post it.
And say hello from Denmark when you see him. (if you want to, of course)
@Brighternow I'll shoot him a note, tell him you say "hi!" from the land of Vikings, and see if he has material laying around that he can toss up. In the meantime you can stream his latest project, Damn Family. Great guy that I've known since kindergarten. :-)
At the first listening I did'nt like it at all. At the second spin I found parts of it most intriguing but the overall "picture" is a bit of a "pain in my ears"
- But I will give it some more chances.
Do you know if Peter Evans have a recording history ?
Comments
The Silent Ballet: Volume 13 [LostChildren071] (August 17, 2009)
- With tracks from artist known from eMu: Ben Frost , Manual and Port Royal.
Do check this one out.
Deep Elm Records - Sampler No. 7 "Defending The Kingdom", 16 tracks of great indie
Verve Vault Presents: Rhythm, Strings and Cool Breezy Jazz Sampler, an excellent collection of swing / jazz.
Paper Bag Records Fall '09 Sampler
Discover Texas Music: Volume 1
Ryko: Flash Of Light Sampler, including Thea Gilmore
X5 Free Classical Sampler - Purcell 350 Years, five from Purcell
More classical, five songs from the 100 Best collection.
Wicked Cool Coming Attractions, seven tracks including one from The Chesterfield Kings
X5 Free Sampler - AM Radio Gold, five tracks of early 60's pop, the Ventures, etc.
The O'Neill Brothers Wedding Music: Amazon Sampler, ten tracks, in case you are getting married soon and can't afford a DJ?
Helsingfors - Schematics [LostChildren070] (June 27, 2009)
- Enjoy !
Brighternow
Luc Ferrari, Koji Asano, Hann Bennink, Andy Moor & Yannis Kyriakides, John Moran, David Fennessy, Strange Rainbow, Zavoloka, Peter McGarr, Axel Fomer, John Tchicai, Zoe Irvine and Charlemagne Palestine.
Some of the tracks are exerpts and you do need to register to get it. Nevertheless it has my warmest recommendation.
7 Things website and 7 Things on eMu
Live at ATP-NY'09 w/ Nick Cave
The Dirty Three is Warren Ellis (the fantastic violinist from Nick Caves band) + Mick Turner (electric guitar) and Jim White (drums).
(22 min. 256kbs)
Marvin from Free Albums Galore has written about his involvement with FMA here
Sandro Marinoni - Borderline (ca321) (October 18, 2009)
Borderline is a solo project by Sandro Marinoni on tenor saxophone, with a big help from Stefano Roncarolo and its electronics devices. Sandro Marinoni: tenor sax Stefano Roncarolo: live electronics. Recorded on 27th August 2009 in Stroppiana, Italy
Sandro Marinoni & Stefano Roncarolo - Air (ca301) (2009)
Air is a release by Frames, an experimental collective from Italy started in 2007 by Stefano Roncarolo, a young and virtuoso italian bass player, and Sandro Marinoni, trombone, flute and tenor saxophone player.
Sandro Marinoni - Ten Little Songs (ca265) (May 28, 2009)
Sandro Marinoni: tenor sax, flute, trombone, yamaha wx7, piano, keyboards - Andrey Kutov: piano on Dark Solo - Recorded between 2006-2009
- All three are in superb 320 kbs quality.
- Theese are definitely my greatest netlabel finds in a very long time.
I've long meant to try and find the time to explore more fully what can be found at places like the Internet Archive and other sites which offer free music etc. I've found a few gems in the past, particularly ones like Awesome Tapes from Africa mentioned above and another good source of funky African sounds Voodoo Funk. Now that I've canceled my emusic account I hope to get around to exploring more music from these type of resources.
No R Mal
Twilight Circus - various free tracks from some of their albums, most available in full over there, Ryan Moore's various Twilight Circus/Dub Sound System incarnations provide a reliable output of rootsy, dubby sounds, with many well known guest vocalists - Michael Rose, Gregory Isaacs, Luciano, Sugar Minott, Fred locks.... There's a mix also on the same site here
Vibronics - several free tracks from this UK dub act.
Alpha & Omega scroll through the page for various links to both this UK act's dub releases and links to those of other artists too.
Dub Sessions - podcasts featuring various mixes of roots reggae, dub, downtempo, electronic sounds, some can be a bit cheesy IMHO, some are very solid mixes.
Thanks !
Here's what Marvin (the Blueshound) from Free Albums Galore writes about this: - And here's what I wrote at the other mess board:
@ dubdance:
Thank you !
I've got the 2 CD with Alpha & Omega called Watch And Pray / Overstanding.
(Recommended by my mentor DJ Hydepark)
This is some of the most potent dub music I've ever heard and I'm looking forward to dig in.
Because Ryan More is an ex Drummer/Bassplayer in The Legendary Pink Dots, I've seen his very impressing one man dub show quite a number of times.
It''s quite a lineup of guest vocalists.
- Looking forward to dig in here as well.
I agree that Ryan Moore is impressive live.
DJ Hydepark is one person (Lars Hydeskov)
As a very young lad he travelled to Jamaica, a lifechanging experience for him.
He has subsequently started a shop, made his own traveling sound system and has been running a radio show for 20 + years in the local Copenhagen area.
- He is the kind of person that i'm proud to be able to call my friend, even though we don't see each other very often.
There's a few videos at youtube:
Interview with Hydepark about his shop
About his radioshow (in Danish)
Unfortunately he recently had to close his shop.
Funnily enough I was thinking about Copenhagen yesterday, I'd seen a guy on a three-wheeled bike/trailer combination thingy here in London making deliveries, which was signed with www.christianiabikes.com. Still on things Danish, my next door neighbour went to Copenhagen a few weeks ago and came back raving about how good a time she'd had there, must get over there sometime, but it won't be soon though.
Hydeparks Corner is just one of many other specialist shops that has closed in Copenhagen
Copenhagen is a very nice city in the summertime, so I can recommend a visit.
I moved away from Cph 7 years ago to a house at the countryside (170 km's away) - one of my best decisions in the recent years.
Back to the free stuff:
From the Clinical Archives netlabel:
Various - re:konstruKt - Sampler vol.4 (ca332) (November 18, 2009)
- A really outstanding 4 track comp. with Turkish experimental music.
Vol. 1, Vol. 2 and Vol. 3 is also recommended even though there's some pretty harsh avantgarde/free jazz/noise tracks on these ones.
ear X-tacy Holiday Mix 2009
No, it isn't holiday music, but it is a gift from Louisville's premier record store. I have listened to it only once, mainly because I was derailed by a track from Teneia Sanders (her web page). I am enjoying her album, Soulcatcher, found here on eMusic, as I type. I'm not sure how to categorize her -- she has different sounds. To think, this jewel is right in my own back yard, and if not for a freebie, I probably would have missed her.
Joe Frawley, the artist responsible for track 2 on CD 1:
Joe Frawley Ensemble - Daughters of Industry (ca330) (November 11, 2009)
Joe Frawley - Ritual Research (ca195) (December 10, 2008)
- Both of them are released by Clinical Archives.
- He has also an LP out on eMu called A Book Of Dreams.
I havent checked that one out yet, but there's some full track samples available from his website
- Enjoy !
Greg Conte's track (track 8 on 2) is one of my top favourite tracks on the no-R-mal compilation and I've tried to track down any recordings from him with no luck.
- So if you know something that I don't, please post it.
And say hello from Denmark when you see him. (if you want to, of course)
Pi Records Sampler
Jazz / Avant Garde, and quite a nice listen.
At the first listening I did'nt like it at all. At the second spin I found parts of it most intriguing but the overall "picture" is a bit of a "pain in my ears"
- But I will give it some more chances.
Do you know if Peter Evans have a recording history ?
Great player, I really like him.
Do you have any suggestions ?
Back to the free stuff:
The Free Music Archive has over the past weeks posted a number sections of best of:
Year-end Lists at FMA
Now, in the Albums Section there are two that I really like:
Koonda Holaa: 10 Acres of the Finest Sand
- Straight forward and powerfull swamp rock with inspirations from Woven Hand and Michael Gira (Swans)
Selva de Mar: Olas Invisibles
- String based acustic music with a touch of International, reminds me of Clogs.