The Top 40 of 2008

Unlike stupid dumb radio stations, my top-40 is good. Also unlike stupid dumb other establishments, I don't put my tracks in order based on greatness because they're all good and deserve equality - also so no one can argue my order of greatness.

In no particular order:

• Bersarin Quartett - Mehr Als Alles Andere
• Upcdowncleftcrightcabc+start - Our Flowers
• Evan Marc & Steve Hillage - Resurface
• Muscles - Sweaty (Shazam Remix)
• Kaki King - Montreal
• Noah Gundersen - Winter
• Kyte - Eyes Lose Their Fire
• Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Dawn of the Dead
• This Town Needs Guns - Rabbit
• Slow Dancing Society - This Lilac Life
• The Daysleepers - Megatron Supernova
• Thursday - As He Climbed The Dark Mountain
• Windy & Carl - The Same Moon And Stars
• The American Dollar - Call
• Mogwai - Batcat
• Moving Mountains - With One's Heart In One's Mouth
• Lights Out Asia - Psiu! Puxa!
• Fear Before - Stay Weird
• The Sword - How Heavy This Axe
• To Sarah - Let's Sail Into The Sunset
• Sleepmakeswaves - One Day You will Teach Me To Let Go Of My Fears
• Kid606 - Get In The Way
• Why? - Fatalist Palmistry
• Maybeshewill - He Films The Clouds Pt. 2
• M83 - We Own The Sky
• Helios - The Obeisant Vine
• Gregor Samsa - Abutting, Dismantling
• Envy - A Winter Quest for Fantasy
• Jesu - The Stars That Hang Above You
• Bloc Party - Signs
• Atmosphere - Shoulda Known
• Russian Circles - Versus
• Aidan Baker - Survival
• Natural Snow Buildings - They Do Not Come Knocking
• Specta Ciera - No More Sleeping Over
• Johann Johannsson - How We Left Fordlandia
• Sumner McKane - When We Get To California
• Mouth of the Architect - Hate and Heartache
• Daturah - Ghost Track
• Her Name Is Calla - "Motherfucker! It's Alive And It's Bleeding!"

426mb rar
Total time: 4 hours 29 minutes 7 seconds

Smaller, four-part version (same thing, split up):
[1-10]
[11-20]
[21-30]
[31-40]

Kid606 - Die Soundboy Die

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Kid606 - Die Soundboy Die [2008]
idm, breakbeat, electronic, jungle (hey, why not)
v0

It's got drums, and it's got bass, but it's not really drum and bass. It is, however, really really cool.

01 Die Soundboy Die (5:43)
02 Raving Cain (4:44)
03 Loose Noose (4:01)
04 You Can't Stop A Stepper (6:01)
05 Get In The Way (5:22)
06 Bat Manners (4:18)
07 Umbilical Bullets (6:05)
08 The Drip (5:21)
09 Death Is Pain Permanently Leaving The Body (3:22)

Muscles - Guns Babes Lemonade

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Muscles - Guns Babes Lemonade [2007]
electro, indie, dance, electronic
v0

Rockin' New Electro from Australia.

01 Sweaty (4:16)
02 Chocolate Raspberry Lemon & Lime (2:04)
03 Ice Cream (3:28)
04 Jerk (3:09)
05 One Inch Badge Pin (4:15)
06 My Friend Richard (3:51)
07 The Lake (4:03)
08 Lauren From Glebe (3:39)
09 Marshmallow (4:26)
10 Futurekidz (7:04)
11 Hey Muscles I Love You (3:43)





Muscles - Sweaty 12" [2008]
electro, indie, dance, electronic
v0

Remixes of the track "Sweaty" - check out the Shazam remix, it's amazing.

A1 Sweaty
A2 Sweaty (Shazam Remix)
B1 Sweaty (Instrumental)
B2 Sweaty (The Juan MacLean Remix)

Cé - Between Words

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Cé - Between Words [2006]
celtic, irish, folk, instrumental
128

Extremely talented traditional Irish music from Milwaukee.

01 Spirit of the Dance / Dans Loudieg / The Bulga (4:40)
02 John Doherty's / Father Newman's Reel (3:12)
03 The Kitten / Sophie's Rescue / The Barnacle (5:26)
04 The Old Man Rocking the Cradle (4:20)
05 Waltz Harry Lane / The Steampacket / Crowley's #2 (3:53)
06 Maverick Angels / Wing Commander Donald McKenzie's (3:17)
07 Ann's Regency Jig / The Cordal Jig (3:17)
08 The Salamanca / Ladies' Second Choice (3:05)
09 Un Ivrogne à Table / Boules et Guirlandes / Mrs. Crehan's (4:00)
10 Dances at Kinvara (2:46)
11 Castle Kelly / Cloch na Ceithre Mhíle / Just Cruising (5:27)
12 Huey Lewis' Reel (2:06)


Thanks to my friend Pat for this band, and for hosting this file.

Amps For Christ - The People At Large

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Amps For Christ - The People At Large [2004]
psychedelic, noise, folk, experimental
192

Very interesting music, not something I'd usually put on, enjoyable though. Despite the name, I don't think they're actually Christian or Christian influenced, so don't let that turn you off or on, whatever you're in to.

01 Tsaress (3:17)
02 Use Use Use (2:01)
03 Old Palm Tree (2:51)
04 Prince Charlie Stuart (2:48)
05 Freddie The Mockingbird (2:09)
06 Banjo Hymn (1:38)
07 AFC Tower Song (4:53)
08 Tarsit (3:55)
09 Bug (0:30)
10 Midianite Prelude (1:38)
11 Old Lang Syne/Tube (4:39)
12 Branches (2:23)
13 Evening (2:28)
14 Gold On Mars (1:44)
15 Claremont Raga (3:41)
16 Been To The Rock? (0:53)
17 Enids Rant (1:31)
18 The Morlough Shore (4:10)
19 Flower And Leaves (1:39)
20 Memmorial Immemorial (Revisited) (5:53)
21 Tethered Ball (0:31)
22 Old Lang Syne/Transistor (1:27)
23 Firecube (3:05)

Specta Ciera - Mystic Valley Parkway

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Specta Ciera - Mystic Valley Parkway [2008]
ambient, drone, sleep
320

Also available here, from Distance Recordings, an awesome netlabel I posted about the other day. Great music to sleep to.

01 No More Sleeping Over
02 Moving Closer
03 I Lost The Dream Archive
04 My Drink Is Totally Gone
05 Distant Ice Cream Truck
06 Down A Rung
07 The Firefly Story
08 A Whole Bunch Of Thunderstorms
09 Theres More Sky Where That Came From
10 What Afternoon
11 Purple Morning Glory

Dälek - Gutter Tactics

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Dälek - Gutter Tactics [2009] [Advance]
underground hip-hop, hip-hop, drone, experimental
v0

If I could find a place to preorder this right now, I would. Possibly the most solid Dälek release yet. If you download this and don't buy it when it comes out, shame on you.

01 Blessed Are They Who Bash Your Children’s Heads Against A Rock
02 No Question
03 Armed With Krylon
04 Who Medgar Evers Was...
05 Street Diction
06 A Collection Of Miserable Thoughts Laced With Wit
07 Los Moacheteros/Spear Of A Nation
08 We Lost Sight
09 Gutter Tactics
10 2012 (The Pillage)
11 Atypical Stereotype

Distance Recordings

Found this in an Ambient/Drone thread. Sweet netlabel, they've even got a live Aidan Baker recording.

http://www.distancerecordings.com/

Dälek - Deadverse Massive Vol. 1

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Dälek - Deadverse Massive Vol. 1: Dälek Rarities 1999-2006 [2007]
underground hip-hop, hip-hop, drone
256

Hip-hop and Drone, what more could one ask for?

01 Techno Animal - Megaton (Deadverse Remix) (5:19)
02 Dälek - Angst (4:48)
03 Kid606 vs. Dälek - Ruin It, Ruin Them, Ruin Yourself, Then Ruin Me (Deadverse Remix) (4:04)
04 Kid606 vs. Dälek - Vague Recollection (6:02)
05 Dälek - Desolate Peasants (5:00)
06 Velma - Rouge (Deadverse Remix) (6:41)
07 Dälek - 3:46 (3:46)
08 Enon - In This City (Deadverse Remix) (5:45)
09 Dälek - Music For ASM (16:37)
10 Dälek - Streets All Amped (3:48)
11 Dälek - Ascention (4:31)
12 Dälek - Maintain (3:33)
13 Dälek - Back To Burn (7:33)


(Please don't add to Sordo)

Aidan Baker - The Sea Swells A Bit...

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Aidan Baker - The Sea Swells A Bit... [2006]
ambient, drone, dark drone
v2

My favorite Aidan Baker release that I've heard so far.

01 The Sea Swells A Bit (21:00)
02 When Sailors Die (17:19)
03 Davy Jones' Locker (15:58)


(Please don't add to Sordo)