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- WM108 | Claudio Nuñez & Sergio Paolucci – Apariencias Desnudas [Naked Appearances]
…”Apariencias Desnudas [Naked Appearances] contains six long tracks, recorded in Buenos Aires earlier this year. All the structures for open improvisation were designed by Claudio Nuñez. Apariencia v is based on Rag Rag (composed in 2007 for the Claudio Nuñez Trio). The piano and sax duet on Desnudo Bajando… is a free improvisation.”… 1. Apariencia [...]
- cocodriller003 | golosy – echo nude
…”This is a selection of 24 tracks recorded in 2002 between September and December and represents an approach with music made with software. Samples of bass and acoustic guitar, Hammond organ, african instruments, household utensils, tv series, etc. “… 1. Voci 2. Tutom 3. Joomi 4. Tunet 5. Tidendial 6. Sonieb 7. Sondebela 8. Cymaglyph [...]
- ssro-14 | David Tagg – Angry Weekend
…”David’s “Angry Weekend” is an Obscurist-document that feels so empty it almost sounds sad. This was the last field recording David did at his previous home, eight months before he moved. The air is filled with birdsong and the occasional sound of nails dropping, though the atmosphere is tense, as if two people are ignoring [...]
- Ghostly119 | Shigeto – What We Held On To EP
…”Zach Saginaw’s releases as Shigeto are more than just pieces of music—they’re chapters, carefully laid building blocks of a narrative that spans the artist’s increasingly impressive body of work. Building a sonic bridge between the Semi-Circle EP and the upcoming Full Circle full-length, Shigeto’s What We Held On To EP is the next installment in [...]
- notonlabel | Muhr – A collection of thoughts and reveries
…”These are selected songs from Muhr’s netlabel albums from 2004 to 2010. Music taken from records released on such labels as Miasmah, Serein, 12rec, Softphase, Fenêtre. The 59 minutes LP also features the brand new track ‘we have mountains to climb”… 1.Intro ( the fall ) 02:27 2.Le ciel sur les épaules 03:34 3.Quiet words [...]
- AT009 | Nunun – Nunun
…”Nunun” is the duo’s (Cesare Discepoli: guitar, synth, electronics; Massimo Discepoli: drums, keyboards, electronics) first complete release : in 9 tracks, the listener is carried away by a flow of styles, atmospheres, moods. Jazz, elettronic, ambient, rock, experimentation, improvisation, all of these are in this work, which also demonstrates as music played with real instruments [...]
- LBN003 | Elisa Luu – The time of waiting
…”Elisa Luu (Elisabetta Luciani) is a Rome based composer. She begins her music career as a saxophone player, moving freely from fusion to jazz. Elisa Luu has been involved in many music projects over the years, including fusion quartet Prodotti Speciali and Short’s Monday Night Jazz Orchestra. She participated to Berklee Jazz clinics where she [...]
- ar002 | Wade Matthews, Thanos Chrysakis, Dario Bernal-Villegas – ENANTIO DROMIA
…”A Greek meets a Mexican in London. The Mexican meets an American in Mexico. The American meets the Greek in Madrid. It sounds like the beginning of a joke about airplanes and parachutes but in fact, it’s the beginning of a trio whose music has been acclaimed by the critics as “stunning in its clarity, [...]
- camomille | VV.AA. – Hope’s Not Lost
…”Yes, after closing down last year, we’re back. We decided it was time to have fun again. Since we closed, the netlabel scene has changed a lot. The internet has changed a lot. Most of our favorite netlabels don’t exist anymore. Everything has changed, for the better we think. “… 01 – the sea by [...]
- self released | Antonymes – 31: Before The Light Fails [Pt1]
…”31: is a project undertaken for the month of May 2010. 31: is looking and actually seeing. 31: is listening and actually hearing. 31: is blurring the boundaries. 31: is a digital download. 31: is a short film. 31: is 31 black & white digital photographs. 31: is “Before The Light Fails [Pt.1]. 31: is [...]
- Composition contest : work out LCL sound bank
Our friends at LCL netlabel have presented “La boite a sons“, a free sound bank under a CC by-nc license, supplied by the artists that released or collaborated with the netlabel. The aim of this approach is to push further the use of CC licenses and encourage musicians to share more than just their tracks [...]
- rb085 | Saito Koji – Tokyo Morning Loop
…”Saito Koji continues to produce great single-track longform drone-pieces. Remember his latest release on SEM “Ocean“? Or his former works like “Beautiful“ or “Candle“? He is just perfect in building up drone-loops over 30 minutes to one hour and they are never getting boring.”… 1. Tokyo Morning Loop www.restingbell.net
- nv017 | Matamoros – Imaginarios
…”New release on Neovinyl’s netlabel division. After all the flurry of festivals, clubs and mega hits that summer brings, we take a break and we leave Mauricio Matamoros write a new page on our netlabel with a particular sensitivity. With this work we are continuing our commitment to more personal with an EP called “Imaginarios.” [...]
- ASCAP against Creative Commons
As you may know, recently, Creative Commons, along with other groups, was attacked by ASCAP in a fundraising email campaign claiming that CC is working to undermine copyright. CC founding board member Lawrence Lessig has responded to this untrue attack in a column on the Huffington Post, challenging ASCAP president and chairman, Paul Williams, to [...]
- NTT060 | .at/on + v4w.enko – Pack
…”Pack is a very fine tuned atmospheric minimal glitch collaboration by Ukrainian artists .at/on and v4w.enko. This release also includes a number of audio visuals by v4w.enko and aiuto, which puts the music in the context of smooth colorful glitch designs, combining hardware sound with max/msp signal processing. The result is a strangely effective, stunning [...]
- perk005 | It Leaves, It Leaves – s/t
…”PERKuNowA is proud to present its 5th release, after a little more than 18 months of existence. 10 pieces, unrevealed jewels from the best-kept Belgian indie songwriting. Crystal thoughts, unfathomable night, blurry lights… A rare energy along guitar composition, lyrics and beats. Hometaped in Ronquieres, Belgium. Songwriting and music : GDM / Acoustic drums : [...]
- Miga40 | Sustainer – Cromosoma
…”Sustainer is the alter ego of Alex Alarcón, a musician from Barcelona with an extensive music career that starts in 2003 with his own first album “Cuantico”, edited on Italic label. Afterwards he has published in lots of labels and netlabels such us: Thinner, ++Sensor, Audiotalaia and Escala Netlabel, making up an extended and well-guided [...]
- creaked | Various Artists – Let’s Get Creaked
…”21 free tracks, among which you will find many classic goodies from our back catalogue such as Starting Teeth’s ‘Venom’, Consor’s ‘Ersatz’ or Larytta ‘Just in Time’ and many more other artists included the like of Cosili, Opak, Alog, Mochipet and All Automatic Wash. You will also be able to enjoy three sneak-previews : ‘It [...]
- not on label | Mark Aubert – Hip Hop En Plein Air
…”Sprinh 09 Tape Cassette Collective Limited to 50″… 1.INTRO 2.Your Heart 3.The Hum Of My Nervous System 4.Way Back When 5.Moving 6.Passing & Passing 7.Back On Game 8.Dakar Visual 9.Breaking Habits www.markaubert.bandcamp.com
- Crónica052 | Ephraim Wegner – Audible Landscapes
…”Noises dispose of an aesthetic quality being taken up and evaluated far stronger than pictures by the unconscious. In a world where the immense flood of images has made individuals nearly deaf against acoustic stimuli, field recordings offer an unbelievable source of inspiration and imagination. “… 1. Short CutUp Theme 2. Flock Of Sheep 3. [...]
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