Thanks for the head up Greg, been freelancing this week and due to the regime where I am working I cannot get online so you might not hear much from me over the next couple of weeks, but dont worry I will post some new stuff when I can.
These are fairly new on the Free Music Archive: Advent Chamber Orchestra - "The Advent Chamber Orchestra is a conductorless orchestra, based in Bolingbrook, Illinois and usually performing in the Chicago metropolitan area. This non-profit orchestra is composed of five violins, two violas, two cellos, a bass, and an harpsichord. The group specializes in Baroque period classical music.
The Advent Chamber Orchestra began in 2003 when Roxana Pavel Goldstein and Elias Goldstein, who had met studying and performing at DePauls School of Music, worked together in chamber music ensembles. The orchestra functioned primarily as a chamber music collaborative until 2005 when they performed their first concert as the Advent Chamber Orchestra. The ensemble is generally led by concertmaster and music director Roxana Pavel Goldstein, but artistic decisions are made democratically by the group."
The most creatively ambitious work of a very ambitious artist, Derek Webb's Ctrl is confounding and beautiful. Based on a fictional narrative of the same name (also penned by Webb), Ctrl tells a story rich with metaphor about the tenuous relationship between culture and technology. Featuring only nylon string acoustic guitar and Webb's voice, this intimate version of his critically acclaimed new album is as soft as a cannon blast. Only available for a limited time.
Free Music Archive? @freemusicarchiv
Free Tracks by Bush Tetras, Gang of Four, OMD, Soft Boys, X, The Damned & Other Late-70s to Mid-80s Artists: http://ow.ly/fAcO4
!!! Largely live performances from WFMU and elsewhere
Another free Christmas album, this is available at Noisetrade. It is 12 tracks long, I assume it is a sample from the much longer album available at Bandcamp and emusic.
This album by Panabrite and also this one were free on Bandcamp for a while and then it disappeared and now are back. I recommend grabbing them if anything to do with analog synths tickles your fancy.
I can't remember if this has been mentioned before, but John Butcher is on FMA: - "John Butcher was born in Brighton, England and has lived in London since the late 1970s. His music ranges through free improvisation, various structurings, his own compositions, multitracked saxophone pieces and work with live electronics, amplification and feedback.
He has toured and broadcast in Europe, Japan, Australia and North America, and was featured, playing solo, in the BBC TV programme Date with an Artist.
Compositions include pieces for Chris Burns Ensemble, the Austrian group Polwechsel, the Australian ensemble Elision, the American Rova Saxophone Quartet, and "somethingtobesaid" for the 8-piece John Butcher Group
From the Free Music Archive, with Jaap Blonk, a Dutch vocalist and performance artist.
- Perhaps best known for his version of Kurt Schwitter's Ursonate
- "Perhaps Blonk's most accessible album to date, the vocalist leads his jazz septet through all sorts of gyrations for eleven very different numbers. Using fairly traditional instrumentation of trumpet, trombone, alto saxophone, plus guitar, bass, and drums (with Blonk on vocals, as well as doubling on alto and tenor saxophones), the band shows strong jazz roots, with plenty of solid mainstream improvisation, as well as Blonk's signature left-of-center humor and abstract forays. Trumpeter Angelo Verploegen, bassist Jacko Schoonderwoerd, and guitarist Lorand Sarna display strong chops, and longtime collaborator alto saxophonist Bart van der Putten is sensational. But, as always, what makes this recording so special is the way Blonk arranges the tunes, each a unique collage of sounds, with the vocalist's elastic vocal cords at the fore. Blonk's slapstick rendition of the Dutch reaction to bebop and his humorous take on Soviet Soul are among the highlights."
- Allmusic
FULL STREAM / DOWNLOAD OF THE 'SILENT BELLS' TOUR IN LEEDS NOW AVAILABLE
Happy New Year to you all. We are proud to share with you a full live recording from our 'Silent Bells' night at Left Bank, Leeds in November. We captured the whole show and divided it up into three sets which you can now stream or download for free.
A small gift from us to begin this new year... enjoy and share.
Sets from Fieldhead, Rustle of the Stars and Glissandro
1. The Green Kingdom | Dust_rds : preview of the next album at Sem - Dustloops: Memory Fragments. (SEM 019)
2. Fax | You and The Heat : Circles album (SEM 014)
3. Offthesky | Through The Lines : Through The Lines album (Excerpt : SEM 018)
4. Josh Mason | Amulet : preview of a next release at Sem (SEM 021)
5. Redfish | #11 (Demo) : preview of a next album at Sem - S/t (SEM 022)
6. Walltapper | Invisible Pedestrian : Monaco album (SEM 017)
7. Letna | City Lights : 5Y compilation (SEM 015)
8. Letters For Readers | Lights Out : Fax Circles Remixed EP (SEM 016)
9. Alexandre Navarro | #1 : preview of a next album at Sem - Hozho (SEM 020)
10. Benfay | Weightless : Hey, whats wrong baby! album - courtesy of Everest records (er_lp_039)
From The Free Music Archive: Golden Retriever: Live on WFMU's The Long Rally with Scott McDowell 1/25/13
- "Bass clarinet/modular synth duo Golden Retriever stop by the Magic Factory all the way from Portland, OR, with their lysergic sound explorations in tow. Expect burbling crystalline drone epics with nods to Cluster, Silver Apples. Brian Eno, etc. Golden Retriever's latest record is the Thrill Jockey release Occupied with the Unspoken. "
For some reason, Google Music's daily giveaways are greatest-hits/one hit wonders these past few weeks. The tracks where iTunes would say "album only" and that kind of nonsense. Not good for new music discovery, but if you feel like listening to that golden oldie now and then, perfect.
Three tracks from this album are available free at Noisetrade
A real UK Jazz revelation one of the success stories of UK jazz Guardian
Dave Stapleton is a singular talent. In less than ten years since graduating in classical piano from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Stapleton has established himself as a musician, composer and label boss and become an important figure on the UK jazz scene.
Flight marks his eighth release under his own name. Its his most ambitious album to date featuring the Brodowski String Quartet alongside saxophonist Marius Neset, bassist Dave Kane, drummer Olavi Louhivuori and, of course, Stapleton himself on piano. Already recognised as a writer of beautiful, lyrical tunes, Flight marks a leap forward and establishes him as one of the most ambitious young composers in jazz.
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What do we know about this? Looks like it's been up for a while.
Following a link from Doofy via BT I came across this - Brazilian music with violin lead - it is great and free!!
Several other free albums there - I'll put up info when I've listened to the samples
Go to here to see the full range of albums. Some are free, some are $5, with a few $10. This one is free, immediate download.
This last one is not so easy to find, so go here
Thanks to BT and Doofy for leading me here with other recs.
Advent Chamber Orchestra
- "The Advent Chamber Orchestra is a conductorless orchestra, based in Bolingbrook, Illinois and usually performing in the Chicago metropolitan area. This non-profit orchestra is composed of five violins, two violas, two cellos, a bass, and an harpsichord. The group specializes in Baroque period classical music.
The Advent Chamber Orchestra began in 2003 when Roxana Pavel Goldstein and Elias Goldstein, who had met studying and performing at DePauls School of Music, worked together in chamber music ensembles. The orchestra functioned primarily as a chamber music collaborative until 2005 when they performed their first concert as the Advent Chamber Orchestra. The ensemble is generally led by concertmaster and music director Roxana Pavel Goldstein, but artistic decisions are made democratically by the group."
- - With three albums available:
Available at Noisetrade
Another free Christmas album, this is available at Noisetrade. It is 12 tracks long, I assume it is a sample from the much longer album available at Bandcamp and emusic.
- A truely remarkable combination of artists:
Tony Conrad, Edley ODowd, & Genesis P. Orridge: WFMU's Strength Through Failure,
- "John Butcher was born in Brighton, England and has lived in London since the late 1970s. His music ranges through free improvisation, various structurings, his own compositions, multitracked saxophone pieces and work with live electronics, amplification and feedback.
He has toured and broadcast in Europe, Japan, Australia and North America, and was featured, playing solo, in the BBC TV programme Date with an Artist.
Compositions include pieces for Chris Burns Ensemble, the Austrian group Polwechsel, the Australian ensemble Elision, the American Rova Saxophone Quartet, and "somethingtobesaid" for the 8-piece John Butcher Group
- Perhaps best known for his version of Kurt Schwitter's Ursonate
FULL STREAM / DOWNLOAD OF THE 'SILENT BELLS' TOUR IN LEEDS NOW AVAILABLE
Happy New Year to you all. We are proud to share with you a full live recording from our 'Silent Bells' night at Left Bank, Leeds in November. We captured the whole show and divided it up into three sets which you can now stream or download for free.
A small gift from us to begin this new year... enjoy and share.
Sets from Fieldhead, Rustle of the Stars and Glissandro
New at Noisetrade
Downloadable on Soundcloud.
1. The Green Kingdom | Dust_rds : preview of the next album at Sem - Dustloops: Memory Fragments. (SEM 019)
2. Fax | You and The Heat : Circles album (SEM 014)
3. Offthesky | Through The Lines : Through The Lines album (Excerpt : SEM 018)
4. Josh Mason | Amulet : preview of a next release at Sem (SEM 021)
5. Redfish | #11 (Demo) : preview of a next album at Sem - S/t (SEM 022)
6. Walltapper | Invisible Pedestrian : Monaco album (SEM 017)
7. Letna | City Lights : 5Y compilation (SEM 015)
8. Letters For Readers | Lights Out : Fax Circles Remixed EP (SEM 016)
9. Alexandre Navarro | #1 : preview of a next album at Sem - Hozho (SEM 020)
10. Benfay | Weightless : Hey, whats wrong baby! album - courtesy of Everest records (er_lp_039)
Golden Retriever: Live on WFMU's The Long Rally with Scott McDowell 1/25/13
- "Bass clarinet/modular synth duo Golden Retriever stop by the Magic Factory all the way from Portland, OR, with their lysergic sound explorations in tow. Expect burbling crystalline drone epics with nods to Cluster, Silver Apples. Brian Eno, etc. Golden Retriever's latest record is the Thrill Jockey release Occupied with the Unspoken. "
Free Four Tet! -0181-1.
For some reason, Google Music's daily giveaways are greatest-hits/one hit wonders these past few weeks. The tracks where iTunes would say "album only" and that kind of nonsense. Not good for new music discovery, but if you feel like listening to that golden oldie now and then, perfect.
Three tracks from this album are available free at Noisetrade
Highly recommended!