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Tuesday 31 August 2010
By Bobby on Tuesday 31 August 2010, 11:40
Been working on some trippy dub bits, and here's one that actually got finished!
Click here to have a listen. Click here to buy from my shop, only £1.
Best leaving it to your ears to explain the sound. Although I'll say it's inspired by Warp Technique.
Monday 2 August 2010
By Bobby on Monday 2 August 2010, 11:50
I've been a little busy getting all the CD's out, and writing some music for sync work, which is all good. And since my last post which seems like ages ago, I've bought and been given a hell of a lot of great music, so I'll share it with you lot.
Kalpataru Tree - All Things Passing
This I got given about a month ago, and has been on repeat quite often on my mp3 player while I'm out and about. It comes in the classification of psydub I guess, but I found it to be a lot more organic than a lot of psydub/psybient. The synth work is eased into the rounded basslines, and acoustic and electric guitar is played on most tracks, giving a real wholesome chilled out vibe. All the instruments are very chilled and relaxed, so nothing is competing for space and it just works in one mellow melting pot. Plus only $5, why not! http://kalpatarutree.bandcamp.com/
Stress Assassin - Carrier Track
An interesting album off Dubmission Records, starts off all big and static laden dub, a little similar to some of the Rhythm & Sound, or Brendan Moeller stuff, but a little more rootsy in vibe. Then this album goes into a bit of a trip-hoppy headspace, where it comes off a little 'BoC'ish, and provides some nice crunchy pieces with heaps of gritty drums and sci-fi bleeps and bloops swooshing about, then goes back all dubby for the end. Apparantly its by the Scandanavian producer Atmos, who I gather has done quite well in the psytrance scene (all of which I don't know too much of), so it's probably time I check more of him out. Oh yeah dirty cheap, bandcamp wins again!
http://stressassassin.bandcamp.com/
Cloudcycle - 1 Year Birthday + heaps of new cloud packs
So Mauxuam has been a very busy man lately, what with releasing a barrage of EP's and albums on Bakshish Music, from the great Cloudcycle collaborators Lingua Lustra, and Master Margherita. But he's found time to celebrate the Cloudcycle birthday with another massive release of quality ambient. So have a listen to this lot (including my cloud, Chimbre), it's all free too. http://cloudcycle.net/log/downloads/ and here's a birthday mashup video from Lingua Lustra. http://cloudcycle.net/log/cloudcycle-birthday-present-from-lingua-lustra/
Woob - Repurpose
I could write a load on this brand new Woob album, but words would not do it justice in the slightest. Needs to be heard, thats all there is to it. Cinema for the ears.
BUY IT NOW http://woob.bandcamp.com/album/repurpose
Merohedra - Live @ Psycrowdelica 2010
So finally a live set available from one of my favourite producers, Greg Hunter, who has been sculpting his Merohedra sound into a live performance. I love the way he has kept the same vibe throughout the whole set, but each track is very unique and theres subtleties all over. Lots of glitchy post techno beats and basses intertwined with precisely mangled Persian, and Sufi instrumentation. Although I haven't explored much of this sound (where to start?), it would appear Greg has created something very personal to him, and definitely has his own sound to it. Check it out here http://merohedra.net/web/?p=1
Enuui - Mareación
A new track from myself. Features field recordings of Chimbre and the Peruvian rainforest, provided kindly by Rob Velez, the man behind Chimbre. So amongst the bird chirps and the crickets, I've intertwined Maestro Mancoluto icaro (a song for spirit communication in ayahuasca sessions), and his rainstick providing an earthly primitive rhythm. Free download at my Bandcamp
Enjoy! I have a few more great albums to share in a few days.
Monday 7 June 2010
By Bobby on Monday 7 June 2010, 12:30
Each CD of my new album is handmade & unique, they take me about 3 hours to do one, so I'm glad I'm not that swamped yet. But many thanks to the people who have bought it so far and put me into a little amount of profit.
Friday 21 May 2010
By Bobby on Friday 21 May 2010, 12:37
My debut album 'Mindstate Disposition' is out!!! It's been mastered, and sounds lush as. Bob Macc @ Subvert Central Mastering did an amazing job in creating even more clarity than I thought was possible.
I have upload it on my bandcamp for sale. It was going to be a free album, but I'm a little broke so it costs, not too much - £4 for 8 tracks, but I'm not just doing download, I have a CD on there for £5, which will be shipping in June, and is a CDR in a handmade octagonal origami screen printed CD wallet.
So please head over to http://enuui.bandcamp.com if you'd like to buy a copy.
Oh and to keep with Mauxuam and Greg Hunter's Cloudcycle free music policy, the Chimbre track is a free FLAC + MP3 download, as Cloudcycle feature on it.
Peace + Love!
By Bobby on Friday 21 May 2010, 12:20
Sorry for the little action going on here (I'll explain why in a little bit)
Just heads up on this wonderful track 'Melchizedek Heart Meditation' by The Observer. It's a 20 min piece of very subtle music with spoken dubbed out words from Drunvalo Melchizedek, whom, I admit, I don't know too much about. Seen one of his lectures on sacred geometry which was cool, but never some of the meditation speeches. Free download, while it lasts.
Bliss out!
http://soundcloud.com/the-observer/the-observer-melchizedek-heart-meditation-observer-take
By Bobby on Friday 21 May 2010, 12:15
More free music, this time from my pal badmammal, who makes some laid back summery quirky house tunes a la Studio !k7, and Compost Records vibe.
He's recently whipped up this grand set of some of his funky excursions.
So head over to goodluckbadluck - his homepage or http://soundcloud.com/badmammal/badmammal-music-hack-day-set to download this.
Thursday 8 April 2010
By Bobby on Thursday 8 April 2010, 13:00
This start to the year has provided some excellent ambient works. I thought I'd give you a little rundown on what's popped up on my radar.
Atomic Skunk - Portal
This I ordered last week, got the download, and just waiting for the digipak CD to arrive. On initial listen whilst mooching about in the fields, I have to say this is incredibly sculpted, quite a rare and exciting composition. I recognise some of the sounds he uses for we have a similar production setup, but the way he's intertwined all the elements and manipulated them as a whole gives me great respect to him as he has handled a powerful production tool extremely well. Definitely the contender for best ambient album of the year.
Check out atomicskunk.com
Tom Middleton - Aznyte Falls
I wish soundcloud would work with this blog because there so much great music on there. So you're gonna have to click for this free ambient track from Tom Middleton. It's 10 years old, but only just surfaced. An unreleased gem. Click here to hear and download
Cloudcycle - Intricacy
A new track from the clouds which just hitting play will describe itself better than I could. What I do love about it is that it's a perfect introduction for Lingua Lustra's album on Cloudcycle's online platform Bak$hish Music, so moving on here's....
Lingua Lustra - Ijatevuvun
Love the artwork for this... love the music even more. A mutation of delicate, intricate, and sometimes often bleak, industrial, and metallic ambient soundscapes, but definitely rich in lovely harmonics. Great pace to all of the tracks. Also in my 2010 ambient album of the year contender list. Cheers Mauxuam & Lingua Lustra.
Spectralite - Temple Of Stars
An album which I haven't actually had a full listen to. I only came across this the other night thanks to Andrew @ Interchill. Looking more closely, its Greg Hunter & Darren Sangita. No mention from Greg on this which came out in February, but better late than never in discovering this. So this morning while I'm writing this, I'm downloading this album from the Spectralite bandcamp page. Having listened to just the first track and bought it based on that I'm very excited to hear what's in store. Although I didn't, you can have a listen to all the whole album on the bandcamp page.
Wednesday 31 March 2010
By Bobby on Wednesday 31 March 2010, 14:46
Sunday 21 March 2010
By Bobby on Sunday 21 March 2010, 11:09
courtesy of Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, who I saw in Manchester a few weeks ago. Really good.
and today is the Vernal Equinox, where it is equal day and equal night, and a nice day it is so far.
Friday 19 March 2010
By Bobby on Friday 19 March 2010, 12:31
I thought I'd fit in another track to my album, as an introduction.
To have a listen click here
I named this after this APOD picture of the constellation Auriga.
Photo by
Tunç Tezel
Enjoy!
Wednesday 17 March 2010
By Bobby on Wednesday 17 March 2010, 10:10 - activism
Surrealism.
I tried to embed Vimeo players which are better quality but they ended up
massive and taking over the whole screen, so if you'd prefer to watch on Vimeo
then click here
I'm a fan of Charlie and the Love Police work which is about unveiling the illusions the corporations keep people under, but it's up to you to decide what you like, so I'm not going to rave about it today, but will supply you with some links for further research.
Thursday 4 March 2010
By Bobby on Thursday 4 March 2010, 22:24 - free tunes
Today's tune of the day was introduced to me by Woob (who over the next few days will get a nice big feature from me). I had heard of Gas, but had always thought it was the Gong Appreciation Society.... little did I know it was the alias of ambient extraordinare Mat Jarvis, who also provided quite a large amount of the soundtrack to the ambient game Osmos (which you should really check it out). Anyway he has given away a track from his album 0095 from the now defunct Em:t label, which Woob was on too. I'm 15 years too late on this, but the phrase 'better late than never', has never had more meaning.
So I am extremely pleased to be passing this on... a stunningly beautiful and sublime track named 'Microscopic'.
Right click and save http://www.microscopics.co.uk/music/gas-microscopic.mp3.
If you like this which I'm sure you will, then pop over to his site - microscopics.co.uk and his blog.
And if none of this new news to you, then get in touch with me and give some Gas recommendations because it's all fresh to my ears.
Also keep yer ears peeled over the next few days for some vibrations from Woob, which he says some of my blog readers can have a free download! Nice ay!
Thursday 18 February 2010
By Bobby on Thursday 18 February 2010, 17:17
Sat here with my Baghdad Batteries t-shirt on, listening to some fine beats, thinking of ordering a curry. It only could be another Orb Thursday!!
Here's another 5 prime Orb cuts!
01. The Orb - Toxygene (Fila Brazillia Mix) :Toxygene 12" : 1997 : Island Records
02. The Orb - Plateau : Orbus Terrarum : 1995 : Island Records
03. The Orb - Earth (Gaia) : The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Underworld : 1991 : Big Life
04. The Orb - Lost & Found : The Dream : 2008 : Liquid Sound
05. The Orb - Yungle : Orbsessions Vol. 1 : 2005 : Malicious Damage Records
Not up on the tube, but last.fm's got the full track up, so check here
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Orb/_/Yungle
Well it's the Orb doing jungle, how'd ya think its going to sound?
If your answer was 'mental' then you Sir/Madam are correct!
Wednesday 17 February 2010
By Bobby on Wednesday 17 February 2010, 01:30
Well I've finally completed all the tunes for my album. It's made up of 6 tracks just shy of an hour. I'm investigating eco-printing & packaging for it for I have dropped the USB idea due to the fact it's totally a waste of plastic. So all them bonus things I was going to include will just have to be downloads which will be available with a download code with the album. Anyway, the music's all done, my good friend Bob Macc @ Subvert Central Mastering will be making sure all them frequencies are nice, and rich and harmonious. So that's going to be mastered in the next couple of weeks. I have a couple of other issues to sort out in the meantime, which will be looking for a suitable host for the paid FLAC download (which I'm inclined to ask InSpiral Lounge). MP3 will be free, and then CD will be in some nice recycled eco-packaging. I've redesigned the front cover, as I'm not able to get hold of the hi-res of the one previously planned. Still I have the hi-res of all the other photos Mr Hilisalasi has provided. So here's the new cover.
01. Slow Moving Thoughts
02. Kalikayai
03. Morality
04. Træna
05. Narayana
06. Chimbre (featuring Mauxuam & Greg Hunter)
Will have more to tell in a couple of weeks.
By Bobby on Wednesday 17 February 2010, 00:59
"following hot on the heels of “…& so it goes” (released in november 2008), "desert phase" is the latest voyage into global electronica inspired by windswept journeys through the sonoran desert, the thar desert and the northern sahara. for this album seb taylor and natasha chamberlain draw upon their personal experiences of time spent in these 3 deserts to convey the spirit of their mysterious landscapes and their inhabitants.
the album includes many of the recordings captured by seb and natasha in arizona, rajasthan and morocco, from the desert dwelling musicians of jaisalmer to moroccan bazaars and atmospheric desert winds recorded amongst the sand dunes in north america."
Sounding good! I've heard this will be out at the end of March.
Sunday 14 February 2010
By Bobby on Sunday 14 February 2010, 18:05
Check this amazing animation out for Gong's track 'How To Stay Alive' off their latest album 2032.
Trippy business!
Friday 12 February 2010
By Bobby on Friday 12 February 2010, 12:52
What's been happening lately? I've finally got the final track of my album done, which is great, after not been producing much in the last month, apart from some really sketchy ideas. It's a pure ambient journey that represents what I imagine to be the morning after a Chimbre experience. Chimbre being a spiritual retreat in the Peruvian rainforest. It only has just been established but still has provided some excellent scenery to some heavy psychotheraputic work for many individuals. Check it out at chimbre.com!
So you can have a quick listen (well quick being 15 minutes) to the track on my Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com/el-cubist/enuui-chimbre-feat-mauxuam-greg-hunter
This track is a collaborative track with Mauxuam and Greg Hunter, who if you've been reading some of my earlier posts are Cloudcycle. I have a bunch of samples I got off them and have tried making a few tracks, but they just haven't cut it. This one though is more fitting towards a halfway point between my sound and their sound.
Also I am in the process of creating a Sufi-esque Persian piece of ambient drum and bass for the experimental noise/jazz/drumfunk d'n'b label Pinecone Moonshine. Nic TVG, the label boss, has been a good friend for many years back when I was running Exegene, and I'm glad to be now working on something for his wicked label, which has some great artists on like Macc, dgoHn, Fanu, Jiva, Ibunshi, Parallel, Eschaton, and of course Nic TVG himself.
Also looking forward to seeing Hallucinogen live, Shpongle DJ set, and Eat Static live in London in a couple of weeks, as well as seeing the African Soul Rebels tour in Manchester with Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Oumou Sangaré, and the Kalahari Surfers.
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