Way Out West - Intensify

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Way Out West - Intensify [2001]
progressive trance, house, dance, etc
192

This album is such a classic. Aside from early Chicane, I don't think there's any dance record I can recommend more.

01 The Fall
02 Activity
03 Call Me
04 Hypnotise
05 Sharkhunt
06 Stealth
07 UB Devoid
08 Mindcircus
09 Secret
10 Intensify Part 1
11 Intensify Part 2
12 The Fall (Bedrock Vocal Remix)

Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity

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Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity [1993]
90s hip-hop
v2

This album got me thinking... what if hip-hop had stayed in the 90s for 10 years while the rest of us went into the 00s, and then emerged again this year and dumped all of its awesome new content on us... My goodness that would be amazing.

90s hip-hop to infinity!

01 Let 'em Know
02 Live & Let Live
03 That's When Ya Lost
04 A Name I Call Myself
05 Disseshowedo
06 What A Way To Go Out
07 Never No More
08 93 'til Infinity
09 Limitations
10 Anything Can Happen
11 Make Your Mind Up
12 Batting Practice
13 Tell Me Who Profits
14 Outro

Rosetta - A Determinism of Morality

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Rosetta - A Determinism of Morality [2010]
sludge metal, post-metal
320

Self-proclaimed "metal for astronauts" band Rosetta never fails to deliver. Never. If you're into any kind of heavier music and haven't heard Rosetta by now, you better board this rocket ship before it blasts off! *sheepish grin*

Release on May 25th, preorder now.

01 Ayil
02 Je N'en Connais Pas La Fin
03 Blue Day For Croatoa
04 Release
05 Revolve
06 Renew
07 A Determinism Of Morality

Carontte - As Grey As They Said

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Carontte - As Grey As They Said [2010]
hardcore, sludge, post-metal
320

Sludgy and shouty and... and... Spanish! You will love this. I don't think I've ever heard any other Spanish sludge metal before, but this is definitely the best.

01 Grey
02 Stainless
03 From Red Horizons
04 When The Sky Is Burning / When The World Is Falling Down
05 Forthcoming
06 Weak
07 The Foreign

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)