Weasel Walter and Bhob Rainey - At the Mudlark Public Theatre
released 20 December 2011
Bhob Rainey - soprano saxophone
Weasel Walter - drums
-with Cree McCree - incitement and critique
"Welcome to this special Amnesty International download page for the Ben Frost soundtrack to The Invisibles.
This new short film by Gael Garcia Bernal and Marc Silver, details the plight of the tens of thousands of men, women and children who leave their homes in Central and South America each year to travel across Mexico in search of a better life in the USA.
Inspired by the stories of the people who make this journey through Mexico, actor and director Gael García Bernal and director Marc Silver joined forces with Amnesty International to shine a light on the abuses migrants suffer. Told over four parts, the film is a shocking look at a world many people would rather you didnt know about.
Ben Frosts soundtrack offers a stark and emotive backdrop to the film, enhancing the already breathtaking and moving scenes captured as the Invisibles stories unfolds. Were hugely grateful to Ben for donating all proceeds from sales directly to Amnesty International."
Desert Island Dicks - The Shades of Jazz to Come - "Is based on Ornette Coleman's seminal album "The Shape of Jazz to Come"; a section of the original Coleman album, each equivalent to ten percent of the length of each track, was extracted, re-stretched by a factor of ten until they arrived back at each track's original length, and post-effected as necessary."
- "The album was named in The WIRE magazine by New York-based composers/sound artists Marina Rosenfeld and Raz Mesinai as one of their "End of Year 15" albums from 2009".
Good Weather for an Airstrike - "Underneath the Stars"
I think this band has been mentioned previously on another thread. Really soft and pretty drone. I learned about it through twitter. It's perfect for recovering from multiple migraines.
Conrad Schnitzler (1937 - 2011) - "has been a prolific German experimental musician, he has been a major, though reclusive, figure on the European music scene since the late 1960s. Schnitzler was an early member of Tangerine Dream (1969 - 1970) and a founder of the band Kluster. He left Kluster in 1971, first working with his group Eruption and then focusing on solo works."
Bernhard Wöstheinrich (born in 1968):
- " is an experimental musician mostly known for his work with centrozoon and his solo project under the moniker "The Redundant Rocker"
Mr. B proudly presents a truely brilliant ensemble:
Ali Berkok: electric piano
Jamie Drake: vibraphone, marimba, xylophone
Matthew "Doc" Dunn: pedal steel guitar
Pete Johnston: double bass
Mark Laver: alto saxophone
Mike Smith: banjo, harmonium, guitars
"Muskox is a Toronto-based instrumental group formed to perform the compositions of Mike Smith. Since its inception in 2006 the group has developed a unique ensemble sound based on the diverse musical backgrounds of its membership and unusual banjo-led instrumentation. Muskoxs music is a challenging fusion of jazz, American minimalism, various folk musics, and progressive rock, with a focus on densely structured poly-metric pieces."
- http://www.muskoxhq.net/.
Here's a decent nugaze/noisepop band, apparently from France though they sing in unaccented English, (and I could find hardly any additional info about them). Anyway, it's free, no e-mail address required, and they sound a bit like an updated version of early New Order, or maybe. (I hesitate to say "Yo La Tengo," but maybe them too.)
"We all know the Swedes can write a mean pop song but what about folk songs? Well, one artist is nonchalantly transferring the charm and fun found in most pop songs into sweet, acoustic twang. Sofia Talvik, brings bubbly blonde ambition to this raw and often quiet genre with a captivating breath of fresh air"
"The Owls Are Not What They Seem" - Um, Log-Lady in Twin Peaks? (On topic - Sofia Talvik is wonderful, I have Blue Moon and maybe one other. Very nice vocals)
- "Our ears are wide-open to what's been going on in eastern europe since the ascension of beautiful acts from there in 2011. This time, we have russian artist Yara contributing a marvelously brooding record.
His music drifts over our heads, like a faint wind brushing on top of forest trees or a the memory of someone long lost, walking in the distance. Sometimes it makes us feel like the world is closing up on us, confronting us. What's sure is that no scene is left unscathed in Spectrum ; you wander through the pieces as if they were different places, like a ghost, slowly observing and steadily hovering forward."
Mr. Bitterness and The Guilty Pleasures - Destined for Dust
- From the Acts of Silence review: "Listening to Epic Flail is like listening to the bastard child of Joy Division and Henry Cow. Yeah, I know its a little silly, but after his latest album listening to Destined for Dust, I can definitively say that Mr. Bitterness is the really the long-lost love child of Ian Curtis and Ian McCulloch."
I only recently discovered Bandcamp and this thread, and I must say I am loving it so far. The ability to pick your preferred download format is a huge attraction, since I've been trying to rip everything lossless over the past few months and have drifted away from eMu and most of my other (former) favorite download sites as a result. I've found a few things I already loved, like this one, which is crunchy power pop influenced by the usual suspects (Jellyfish, Queen, blah blah blah). Well worth the $5 they're asking for it.
And here's one by a band from Durham, NC called Sea Cow. Terrible name but I like the album a lot. Full disclaimer, the female singer is a friend of mine, but I wouldn't rec unless I dug it. Reminds me of the Continental Drifters. Name your own price.
Find the album cover online, right click and select "copy image URL" or whatever the equivalent is in your browser, paste that address here and add tags around it. The tags would be img before the address and /img after the address, both of them enclosed in square brackets [...]
Free/NYOP (i.e. NYOP with explicit encouragement to download for free an an archive.org link).
Very pleasant instrumental folky guitar.
Although the title might point in another direction, nobody really sings on Sing on in Silhouettes. Fred Batys intricate, neo-baroque Folk music is as instrumental as it ever was. Still, Baty enhanced his palette of instruments and while Sky Diaries was an unpolished diamond, Sing on in Silhouettes sounds rich and timeless. Crepusculum bridges from John Fahey to XTC ca. 1986, bringing forth the melodic complexity of NWOBHM-pioneers Iron Maiden without being heavy at all.
- "This is an album about parting ways. A soundtrack to many goodbyes I've had to commit to and an ode to the tiny tragedies of life. As we all turn the page to a new chapter of our lives, somethings need to stay behind."
- Vincent Fug
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Weasel Walter and Bhob Rainey - At the Mudlark Public Theatre
released 20 December 2011
Bhob Rainey - soprano saxophone
Weasel Walter - drums
-with Cree McCree - incitement and critique
"Welcome to this special Amnesty International download page for the Ben Frost soundtrack to The Invisibles.
This new short film by Gael Garcia Bernal and Marc Silver, details the plight of the tens of thousands of men, women and children who leave their homes in Central and South America each year to travel across Mexico in search of a better life in the USA.
Inspired by the stories of the people who make this journey through Mexico, actor and director Gael García Bernal and director Marc Silver joined forces with Amnesty International to shine a light on the abuses migrants suffer. Told over four parts, the film is a shocking look at a world many people would rather you didnt know about.
Ben Frosts soundtrack offers a stark and emotive backdrop to the film, enhancing the already breathtaking and moving scenes captured as the Invisibles stories unfolds. Were hugely grateful to Ben for donating all proceeds from sales directly to Amnesty International."
- $5 USD or more . . .
Desert Island Dicks - The Shades of Jazz to Come
- "Is based on Ornette Coleman's seminal album "The Shape of Jazz to Come"; a section of the original Coleman album, each equivalent to ten percent of the length of each track, was extracted, re-stretched by a factor of ten until they arrived back at each track's original length, and post-effected as necessary."
- "The album was named in The WIRE magazine by New York-based composers/sound artists Marina Rosenfeld and Raz Mesinai as one of their "End of Year 15" albums from 2009".
Good Weather for an Airstrike - "Underneath the Stars"
I think this band has been mentioned previously on another thread. Really soft and pretty drone. I learned about it through twitter. It's perfect for recovering from multiple migraines.
Hm, image didn't work.
@jonahpwll, nor did the link.
Conrad Schnitzler (1937 - 2011)
- "has been a prolific German experimental musician, he has been a major, though reclusive, figure on the European music scene since the late 1960s. Schnitzler was an early member of Tangerine Dream (1969 - 1970) and a founder of the band Kluster. He left Kluster in 1971, first working with his group Eruption and then focusing on solo works."
Bernhard Wöstheinrich (born in 1968):
- " is an experimental musician mostly known for his work with centrozoon and his solo project under the moniker "The Redundant Rocker"
Ali Berkok: electric piano
Jamie Drake: vibraphone, marimba, xylophone
Matthew "Doc" Dunn: pedal steel guitar
Pete Johnston: double bass
Mark Laver: alto saxophone
Mike Smith: banjo, harmonium, guitars
"Muskox is a Toronto-based instrumental group formed to perform the compositions of Mike Smith. Since its inception in 2006 the group has developed a unique ensemble sound based on the diverse musical backgrounds of its membership and unusual banjo-led instrumentation. Muskoxs music is a challenging fusion of jazz, American minimalism, various folk musics, and progressive rock, with a focus on densely structured poly-metric pieces."
- http://www.muskoxhq.net/.
Lively guitar post-rock, follows the genre customs but nicely done. One is NYOP/no minimum, the other free download for an email.
Other tracks by The Dualies on Bandcamp totally fail to suggest this degree of potential, I might add. Hopefully they'll continue in this vein...
- As innocent and charming as the cover suggests. . .
- For $8,00 - and $7.00 @ Experimedia (available in flac in both places) . . .
Pleasant guitar-based ambient/drone. Free on bandcamp.
"We all know the Swedes can write a mean pop song but what about folk songs? Well, one artist is nonchalantly transferring the charm and fun found in most pop songs into sweet, acoustic twang. Sofia Talvik, brings bubbly blonde ambition to this raw and often quiet genre with a captivating breath of fresh air"
WHITE RAINBOW - INFINITYBEATTAPE
- "Our ears are wide-open to what's been going on in eastern europe since the ascension of beautiful acts from there in 2011. This time, we have russian artist Yara contributing a marvelously brooding record.
His music drifts over our heads, like a faint wind brushing on top of forest trees or a the memory of someone long lost, walking in the distance. Sometimes it makes us feel like the world is closing up on us, confronting us. What's sure is that no scene is left unscathed in Spectrum ; you wander through the pieces as if they were different places, like a ghost, slowly observing and steadily hovering forward."
Mr. Bitterness and The Guilty Pleasures - Destined for Dust
- From the Acts of Silence review:
"Listening to Epic Flail is like listening to the bastard child of Joy Division and Henry Cow. Yeah, I know its a little silly, but after his latest album listening to Destined for Dust, I can definitively say that Mr. Bitterness is the really the long-lost love child of Ian Curtis and Ian McCulloch."
"Name Your Price" or free @ The Archive
http://mrbitterness.com/ - Emusic
- Soooo Goooood !
Jackdaw4, Bipolar Diversions
This is another power pop fave I bought from eMu a couple of years ago and still listen to, also $4.99
Army Navy
And here's one by a band from Durham, NC called Sea Cow. Terrible name but I like the album a lot. Full disclaimer, the female singer is a friend of mine, but I wouldn't rec unless I dug it. Reminds me of the Continental Drifters. Name your own price.
Sea Cow, Tell Me Where It Hurts
BTW, how do you post the links with the album cover?
Find the album cover online, right click and select "copy image URL" or whatever the equivalent is in your browser, paste that address here and add tags around it. The tags would be img before the address and /img after the address, both of them enclosed in square brackets [...]
So for sea cow:
{img}http://f0.bcbits.com/z/28/69/2869427593-1.jpg{/img}
but with the squiggly brackets replaced by square ones.
Where the East Coast Indie cut with Chiptune music collides with Philly Boom Bap. Solid summer-style listen and free for an email.
Free bandcamp albums from Panabrite, two volumes. Cosmic synth stuff. Nice.
Free/NYOP (i.e. NYOP with explicit encouragement to download for free an an archive.org link).
Very pleasant instrumental folky guitar.
- "This is an album about parting ways. A soundtrack to many goodbyes I've had to commit to and an ode to the tiny tragedies of life. As we all turn the page to a new chapter of our lives, somethings need to stay behind."
- Vincent Fug