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.
