Snow is an integral part of the character of NYC. A city teeming with transplants, you get this collective anxiety right after a fresh snowfall, as the winter drags on with throngs of people hotly anticipating 100 degree days that smell of dog piss and uncollected garbage. Nah, if you ask me, summer in the [...]

Music is a Weapon. Aether - " Dajame Dormir " MP3 Gorgeous track from very strong Artifacts LP. I'm surprised no blog has posted this track yet. The entire album is filled with smooth beats, beautiful vocals, and plenty of hooks. For fans of Blue State and old Ninja Tune. Album available [...]
Diego Chavez se propone a debutar como músico y lanza su primer proyecto bajo el nombre de Aether . Es curioso como alguien que se especializa más en el ámbito visual y gráfico se aventure a hacer pininos en la música, aunque el arte es arte y la gente creativa siempre se desborda en cualquier parte. Su música es una mezcla de trip hop, pop y electrónica downtempo, en donde expresa básicamente la belleza, el amor, la tragedia, la esperanza y "todo lo que nos hace humanos"... A continuación te presentamos de [...]

Not to get all Demetri Martin on you, but it`s time to do a little trendspotting. Of late, we've been getting sent a number of "producer" albums, for lack of a better term (mostly instrumental, sometimes feature guest rappers/vocalists) that are clearly influenced by hip hop, but venture off into somewhat alternative territory. For whatever reason, at the present moment, there seems to be a number of producers extending the boundries of hip hop into the realms of indie rock, more danceable music, or the starker sounds of industrial/electro. Or at least we [...]
hip-hop // experimental Look at the picture accompanying this post and imagine how it might sound; that's likely what you'll hear in the debut album by Exponential artist Diego Chavez . Recording as Aether for this outlet, Diego somehow invents spare time for graphic design when not producing music as his other alias Otic Angst , with A.M. Architect , or for the hip-hop group Lotus Tribe and rock band The Panic Division . The amount of diversity woven into Artifacts [...]

Every Friday we bring you our weekly batch of uploads. Download all the songs that went up the week of 12/15-12/19 right here, right now. You can download the following mp3s individually OR play them all in a row. Click on the artists at the right under Related Downloads to learn more about each band and see similar music suggestions. [ play ] | [ download mp3 ] P.O.S. - Goodbye [ play ] | [ download mp3 ] Larytta - Tous Mes [...]
Weird Owl This is the Pampelmoose edition of the New Music Hour on Portland's 94.7FM. Some more new music from my email inbox. As we head towards the end of the year I will be playing my top 13 songs from 2008 tomorrow Thursday Dec 18th [a baker's dozen as they say..] and then next Tuesday [...]

San Antonio's Aether has released a new track from the album "Artifacts" that was out earlier this year. "Orfeu Negro" is a track that really shows the diverse styles of Aether. Mp3: Aether - Orfeu Negro

Exponential Records is an independent label based out of Texas and since it's foundation in 2002 it's been putting out a steady stream of tasty electronica by a variety of largely Hispanic artists. The label was co-founded by Ernest Gonzales and this year saw him re-release his 2004 album Lullaby. Originally put out on CD under the alias Theory of Everything, Lullaby was inspired by the news that Ernest was to become a father and upon describing the thought process behind the project, Ernest explains "I wanted to make music for my baby to fall [...]
Download audio file (Friendly_Fires-I%5C%27m_Good_ I%5C%27m_Gone_%28Lykke_Li_Cove r%29.mp3) MP3: Friendly Fires - I'm Good I'm Gone (Lykke Li cover) Download audio file (LLL_LittleBit(AetherRemix).mp 3) MP3: Lykke Li - Little Bit (Aether Remix)

It's hard to think up words to describe this week in the US. "Inspirational" has been floating out of peoples mouths all over, and I think I'm going to climb aboard that bandwagon. We've all heard for months now about change and how it's coming. Well...it's here...SWEET! Here's some tracks that hopefully aid your own inspirational week. mp3: Zion 1 - One (Santogold Starstruck Remix) feat. The Grouch mp3: MGMT - Of Moons, Birds, & Monsters (Holy Ghost Remix) mp3: Lykke Li - Little Bit (Aether Remix) [...]

Electronic beatmaker Diego Chavez(Aether, AM Architect, Otic Angst) presents his first LP under the Aether moniker on local Texas based Exponential; 'Artifacts' out 11/25. He has also reworked the latest Lykke Li single that you can download below.... Lykke Li - Little Bit (Aether Remix)

Man, swedepop has got to be the most deceptively bleak music in the world. Artists like Lykke Li may be "pop" by definition, but the music's only "fun" in the most sterile, anylitical way possible- much like the loveless sex about which Li sings. Today's "Little Bit" remix comes courtesy of Aether , aka Diego Chavez, a graphic designer and music producer based out of San Antonio, TX whose minimalist, industrial treatment of the track makes an already underground jam so subterranean it sounds like making out in the catacombs of Paris. Which depressive though [...]