Lusine icl. - Language Barrier

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Lusine icl. - Language Barrier [2007]
ambient, minimal, idm
v0

Lusine reminds me a lot of Loscil, especially with this album. It's very relaxing and nice. Soothing ambiance with a few beeps and blips.

01 Headwind
02 Caught In The Middle
03 A Day Apart
04 Stones Throw
05 520 At 8:30
06 Jetstream
07 Without Standing
08 On The Line
09 30 Days And Counting

Sun Araw - On Patrol

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Sun Araw - On Patrol [2010]
lo-fi, psych drone
v0

Last.fm calls this "Creepster" music (Creepy+Hipster). That's a pretty rad description for it, actually. Lo-fi tribal drones. I would guess that if you did some sort of mind-altering substance while listening to this it would be quite the experience.

01 Ma Holo
02 Beat Cop
03 The Stakeout (feat. W. Giacchi)
04 Conga Mind
05 Deep Cover
06 High Slide
07 The Stakeout: Reprise (feat. W. Giacchi)
08 Dimension Alley
09 Holodeck Blues

Sorry Friends

I realize I've been very bad about updating this blog - it's been two months now! I'm even getting new readers too, just from my back-catalog of posts.

Because of this, I'll try to make a concerted effort to get this updated a little more often, hopefully at least a few times a week.

I've got a bunch of good music queued up that I've been listened to a lot lately, so sit tight, I'll be throwing new stuff on here soon!

-Mick

Loscil - Endless Falls

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Loscil - Endless Falls [2010]
ambient, minimal, drone
320

Best ambients I've heard in a while. The last track alone stands on its own even without the rest of the album. Grab this immediately. Check out the other Loscil releases as well, he's an amazing artist.

01 Endless Falls
02 Estuarine
03 Shallow Water Blackout
04 Dub For Cascadia
05 Fern And Robin
06 Lake Orchard
07 Showers Of Ink
08 The Making Of Grief Point

The Parasails - Skylife

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The Parasails - Skylife [2009]
lo-fi, ambient, psychedelic, borderline chillwave
v0

Seriously some really good stuff, highly recommended to anyone who likes lo-fi electronic stuff

01 Skylife 1
02 Skylife 2
03 Skylife 3
04 Skylife 4
05 Skylife 5
06 Skylife 6
07 Skylife 7
08 Skylife 8
09 Skylife 9

Emancipator - Safe In The Steep Cliffs

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Emancipator - Safe In The Steep Cliffs [2010]
instrumental hip-hop, trip-hop, whatev
v0

This business is great, and as far as I know he's been self-released stuff from the beginning. You know what that means: Support this fool, he makes awesome music.

01 Greenland
02 Black Lake
03 Jet Stream
04 Kamakura
05 All Through The Night
06 Old Devil
07 Nevergreen
08 Ares
09 Rattlesnakes
10 Bury Them Bones
11 Vines
12 Hill Sighed
13 Siren
14 Safe In The Steep Cliffs

Noah Gundersen - Saints & Liars

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Noah Gundersen - Saints & Liars [2009]
folk, acoustic, singer-songwriter
v0

This guy is excellent and I've bought everything he's released to date. He's just a local small-town guy with an amazing voice and a knack for beautiful songwriting. He can create such a variety of moods in his music and I definitely recommend checking out the other releases I've posted: Here and Here. Please buy his stuff if you like it.

01 Ring A Bell
02 Caroline
03 Oh Death
04 The Ocean
05 Jesus, Jesus
06 Middle Of June

Boys Noize - Oi Oi Oi

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Boys Noize - Oi Oi Oi [2007]
electro, dance, electronic, techno
v0

[Re-up] Better than Justice. Still one of my favorite Electro releases all these years later.

01 & Down (4:19)
02 Lava Lava (4:02)
03 The Battery (5:26)
04 Oh! (4:06)
05 Let's Buy Happiness (4:53)
06 Arcade Robot (4:14)
07 Deny Select (3:36)
08 Shine Shine (5:59)
09 Vergiftet (4:48)
10 Superfresh (5:27)
11 Wu-Tang (Battery Pt. 2) (3:21)
12 Don't Believe The Hype (5:30)
13 Frau (5:06)
14 Feist - My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix) (6:40)

BT - These Hopeful Machines

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BT - These Hopeful Machines [2010]
technical electronic/dance
v2

After four years of working on it, BT is finally giving us some new material... and it is well worth the wait. I really like CD1 a whole lot, CD2 has some weird guest vocalists I'm not too fond of. Please support BT if you like it, he's a wonderful musician. (The beauty is in the details)


CD1
01 Suddenly
02 The Emergency
03 Every Other Way
04 The Light Of Things
05 Rose Of Jericho
06 Forget Me


CD2
01 A Million Stars
02 Love Can Kill You
03 Always
04 Le Nocturne De Lumiere
05 The Unbreakable
06 The Ghost In You

The American Dollar - Atlas

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The American Dollar - Atlas [2010]
post-rock, ambient
320

First album of 2010! 3 minutes in and I can already tell it's gonna be a good one. Typical American Dollar amazing-ness. Buy this.

01 A Few Words
02 Age Of Wonder
03 Fade In Out
04 shadows
05 Oil And Water
06 Circuits
07 Red Letter
08 Clones
09 Equinox
10 Second Sight
11 Frontier Melt
12 Flood
13 Escapist

Walk In The Fog Mix

Mick’s Armored Treefort - Walk In The Fog Mix [2009]
acoustics, voices, drones
320

My second attempted mix (because it’s fun!), with a totally different theme. Here’s how it works - I take a drone and find an accompanying (mostly) acoustic guitar piece and play them on top of each other, then mixing them with the next set of songs. There are also some vocals, and some vocal samples. I can put together a tracklist if someone really wants one, but there were a lot of songs used in this.

Mood:
You’re taking a walk when the fog sets in, slowly at first. You find it pleasant and love feeling of the cool moisture on your skin. As you continue walking the fog gets thicker to where you can’t really make out the treeline in the distance anymore. By the time you start heading back, you can’t see more than a few arms lengths in front of you. Is this fun or uncomfortable? You decide.

00:00-00:07 [Voice: Back To the Future]
00:00-02:14 The Oo-Ray - Eagre [drone] / State River Widening - Crown [acoustic]
02:15-05:29 Exuviae - Lost In The Details [drone] / Staffan Svahn - Four Leaf Clover [acoustic]
05:30-09:48 Kyle Landstra - Warm Fuzzy Dawn Vibes [drone] / Peter Broderick - And It's Alright [acoustic]
09:49-12:52 Windy & Carl - Btwn You + Me [drone] / Andy McKee - I Will See You Again [acoustic]
12:53-18:18 Christopher Flores - Testing The Blues [drone] / Chris Spheeris & Anthony Mazzella - Confluence [acoustic]
13:33-14:09 [Voice: Nacho Libre]
18:19-21:09 Pan•American - There Is Always the Thrill of Just Beginning [drone] / Horse Feathers - Blood On The Snow [acoustic]
21:10-24:07 Jonn Serrie - Far River [drone] / Arrowwood - Moths [acoustic]
23:28-24:00 [Voice: Amps For Christ - Tethered Ball]
24:08-27:05 Wereju - A Monument For Things To Come [drone] / Leo Kottke - Accordian Bells [acoustic]
27:06-32:55 Wereju - A Monument To What's Been Done [drone] / Yair Yona - Are You Smarter Than a 35 TV Host [acoustic]
27:27-27:36 [Voice: The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen]
32:56-38:24 Oneohtrix Point Never - When I Get Back From New York [drone] / This Mess Is Mine - Family Tree Burning [acoustic]
38:25-40:24 Windy & Carl - Surfacing [drone] / Amps for Christ - Flower And Leaves [acoustic]
40:25-42:12 Pan•American - Is a Problem to Occupy Generations / Vashti Bunyan - Window Over The Bay [voice]
42:13-47:10 Exuviae - Once Again [drone] / Noah Gundersen - Winter [voice]
47:11-51:21 Aidan Baker - Good & Evil [drone] / Gravenhurst - I Turn My Face to the Forest Floor [acoustic]
51:22-55:41 Aidan Baker - Hold [drone] / Kaki King - Montreal [acoustic]
55:42-60:00 Aidan Baker - Will [drone] / Peter Broderick - Not At Home [acoustic]
59:35-59:45 [Voice: Big Trouble In Little China]

BEARMAS MIX

N Mick Swanson - BEARMAS MIX [2009]
beats beats beats
320

Made this for my friend Bear for a Secret Santa gift and thought to share with everyone else.

This is my first time attempting a true mix (Made in Audacity). Some transitions work really well, some are “just okay.” I’m pretty happy with it, overall. Inspired by a Southern California Christmas - Sun and waves, with some cold nights. Different kinds of beats, almost all instrumental.

Let me know what you think.

00:00-00:44 Bubblegum Octopus - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
00:44-05:31 LTJ Bukem - Twilight Voyage
05:31-12:53 Underworld - Dinosaur Adventure 3D
12:53-18:04 Antarctica - Return To Omma Dawn
18:04-23:02 Blue Sky Black Death - Listen Child
23:02-27:09 Burial - Fostercare
27:09-30:06 Keaver & Brause - CSNR
30:06-33:16 Lone - Go Greenhill Racer
33:16-41:19 Memory Tapes - Run Out
41:19-46:08 Boat Club - Always Away
46:08-49:05 40 Winks - Picture This
49:05-50:34 Take - You High
50:34-57:56 Burial & Four Tet - Moth
57:56-58:45 Sound Tribe Sector 9 - First Mist Over Clear Lake