Archive for the ‘ music ’ Category
beacon flew pretty damn high
Yesterday I hit the road with James – destination The Metro Theatre, Sydney – in order to attend the James Blake gig. Turned out to be a well coordinated and well timed trip, transport and accommodation coming together without a hitch even though we did have to navigate the most horrendous car-park on earth. Now [...]
Two music facts
We have an old 45 that has on it Prince’s work that was rereleased for Tim Burton’s Batman. I used to listen to it as a kid. Didn’t like it all that much, really. Born in 1985 I missed out on the Prince thing and have always wondered how exactly he became associated with the [...]
Experimental Canberra
It went under my radar but following a link from a forum (as often happens) lead me to ‘New Weird Australia‘, a promoter of eclectic Australian electronic music. Part netlabel, podcast, community, online space thing, it’s got some great material. Of interest to me was The Sound of Young Canberra, a compilation of, well, sounds [...]
Provisional Authority
My fingers are pretty sore, the blisters have finally popped. Ended up on a lovely 12 string Maton not too long ago, as well as a bass hooked up to a make of rig i’ve actually had the pleasure of playing around with before. They almost make the same level of sound! You’ve noticed the [...]
Audio Gourmet Top 10 of 2010. #7: Damian Valles – In The Shadow Of The Occluding Body
Guitar is often a principal instrument in ambient. I think it’s a good mechanism to bring people into the track; it’s a familiar sound that can lead you into the darker, diffuse drones. And at #7 on the Audio Gourmet Netlabel’s Top 10 of 2010 chart, Damian Valles with ‘In The Shadow Of The Occluding [...]
Audio Gourmet Top 10 of 2010. #9 – Small Things on Sundays – Recalling
Following on from the Carl Sagan’s Ghost entry, Small Things on Sundays’ “Recall” comes in at number #8 on the Audio Gourmet Top 10 of 2010 chart. Three floating tracks that are thoughtful and on their way to dark. ‘Floating in Space’ keeps you grounded with a minimal beat. ‘I Know You Now the Dinosaurs [...]
Audio Gourmet 2010 Top 10. #10 – Before I Go.
Over the past few years I think A State of Trance and Trance Around The World really got me into the ‘year mix thing’. Triple J’s hottest 100 still means something to me today. But only the disks before 1999. So what about ambient, experimental and ‘other’, the genre I listen to most? Well, the [...]
New Boards of Canada ?
New Boards of Canada impending? Or was it just a blip over the horizon radar…? “@bocpages Their site and myspace just got a black background. I don’t think this is just me. I thought I would let you know.” 8:34pm
Audio Gourmet Netlable Soundcast
An ambient set isn’t probably what you were looking for. But I’m linking a great one here! Drone, field recordings and all that avant garde nonsense actually do really well for an hour long set… maybe I should give it a spin at some stage, I’ve certainly got what would equate to crates and crates [...]
Inns, Towns and Taverns Volume 1
I’ve listened to a fair bit of video game music in my time. I’ve got a significant collection and I guess hunting around for the old gems is a bit of a hobby I have. One of my favourite elements in game soundtracks are town, tavern, inn, celebration music. I decided to put together a [...]
Synaecide Scientifica EP
Probably following a lead from the epic Anodyne Industries mix disk “Continuum”, James has dug up a super sweet breaks and dub disk by Melbourne based Syneacide. The EP is called Scientifica and it goes all out. You can grab the whole six tracks from IDMF right here. There’s also a handy little sound cloud [...]
Kristian Risti on MySpace
Nuts to garageband recordings on a dictaphone. Rent a studio and blast pop rock from Melbourne, Australia. Kristian has got a bunch of new recordings out, published on his MySpace page. You’d better go and check it out!
Avril 14th remake
A great upbeat remake of one of Aphex Twin’s best. Almost one of the saddest songs of all times – but that might just be the Salad Fingers connection.
A Brief Communication
The first experimental track I’ve ever really been happy with. Home made textures crossed with a late night recording from a HF radio in Colorado. Included should be depth, texture and development. 4.3mb MP3 @ 128kbps.
