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Audio Gourmet Top 10 of 2010. #7: Damian Valles – In The Shadow Of The Occluding Body

BuzzMoo — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:49:23 +0000

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 Body’ does exactly that! The two tracks totaling 15 minutes, ‘Umbra’ and ‘Penumbra (Nearly There)’ have melancholic clean lines from guitar along with gloomy but not downright-sad pads that wander and think. Dark but calm. There’s potentially even some oboe in there; I like these two tracks a lot!

You can get the whole disk for free at Audio Gourmet.

Damian Valles – In The Shadow Of The Occluding Body

If you like this kind of thing you’d do well to check out Long Desert Cowboy and Beyond Absence. All good material!

Audio Gourmet Top 10 of 2010. #9 – Small Things on Sundays – Recalling

BuzzMoo — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:42:09 +0000

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 Calling’ makes you think of an ice-age and cold caverns. The Crow Warns You Should Not Be Here is almost exactly how you’d expect a song by that title to sound.

The group (a duet from Denmark) have been around for some time now and rarely disappoint. Again, this release is only 15 minutes long so it’s accessible. Definitely give it a shot if you were after something darker, but not sinister, to listen to! You can get the full thing for free from the Audio Gourmet site by following this link. Check out Small Things on Sunday’s official site here.

Small Things on Sundays – Recalling

你好中国。感谢听到我的音乐!

BuzzMoo — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:08:23 +0000

你好中国。感谢听到我的音乐!
Hello China. Thanks for listening to my music! – BuzzMoo

Resting Bell rocks my world. Offthesky – due soleil

BuzzMoo — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:08:19 +0000

Berlin based netlable ‘Resting Bell Records‘ more often than not comes up with the goods. Offthesky’s ‘due soleil‘, a grand 53 minutes of calm ambient with some quality remixes, is some of these goods. The release puts it as best it can put: “du soleil” is a very calm ambient-work with many subtle melodies and musical ideas hiding inside.” Indeed! Head over to Resting Bell for your free copy.

Offthesky – du soleil @ Restingbell

Synaecide Scientifica EP

BuzzMoo — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:10:41 +0000

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 streaming option (got to have it, these days!) for those stream. Track 4, The Penny Drops is the standout track here, if you only play one, play this one. It benefits from being played as loud as you can possibly play it! It’s all free so don’t say no.

Synaecide – Scientifica at IDMF

it was waiting in the wings

BuzzMoo — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:44:24 +0000

Eyes Flutter Beneath – Inside The Dream Laboratory

BuzzMoo — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:11:07 +0000

I’ve been meaning to mention a top quality ambient release from the artist formerly known as Audio Gourmet. If you like organic ambient then you need to get this disk. Since it’s free for download you don’t have an excuse! Harry Towell sets the bar high with the first track Six Years Dreaming and takes it from there,

Eyes Flutter Beneath – Inside The Dream Laboratory (PHCH007)

RIP Charles Wesley Cooper III

BuzzMoo — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:53:27 +0000

I’ve been anticipating Telefon Tel Aviv’s new album for quite some time now. This evening, devestating news reached me of the death of Charlie Cooper, one half of the group. From their Myspace:

“Hello, Everyone.

It breaks my heart to inform you all that Charlie Cooper, my better half in Telefon Tel Aviv, passed away on January 22nd.

We have been friends since high school, and began making records together a decade ago. We have been so fortunate to tour the world together, while at the same time having a massive amount of laughs at one another’s expense.

Aside from Charlie’s singular genius and musical gifts, I can tell you that he was a total sweetheart of a guy, and a loving friend and confidant to people everywhere. His musicianship was surpassed only by his greater gift to the world – his warmth, his generosity, his unquenchable humor, and his undying loyalty to those whom he loved. In the spirit of honorable mention, however, I should mention that he had a shoe collection that was marvelous, knowledge of hip-hop that was profound, and knowledge of wine that was subtle.

He is survived by a sister, a neice, a nephew, his mother, his stepfather, me, and more adoring friends than the Universe has dark matter. As such, his family and I ask for your discretion and consideration of our privacy during these extremely turbulent waters.

Yours in Music,

Joshua Eustis”

Terrible, terrible times!