Last year, Canadian recording artist, CBC radio technician and producer, and independent label operator Lee Rosevere released Time-Lapse: Volume 1 , ambient minimal electronic reworkings of classical works. Now, Rosevere has released Time Lapse: Volume 2 , a set of his own long-form ambient compositions. These new works are "intended for meditation or just relaxing to," according to the Happy Puppy Records label on which the work is released. By the end [...]
Artists + Creative Commons + Free Music Archive + Nonprofits = Better World Creative Commons licensing has opened a new world for collaboration. Most artists with works in the Free Music Archive share their copyrighted work with some rights reserved. Depending on the chosen license for the work, this often allows others to incorporate the work into something new without the use of lawyers and other middle men. An avenue of collaboration that the [...]
Through the artist Tycho , we found Ghostly Songs , a division of Ghostly , is a music publishing company that represents and manages musicians and their works. We mention them here at Oddio is that some of their catalog is available for free download, including artist showcase compilations and a collection of mp3s of the artists they represent. Note: This is not an endorsement of the services provided by Ghostly. We do not [...]
In 1884, Pierrot Lunaire: Rondels Bergamasques (Moonstruck Pierrot), a collection of 50 poems by symbolist Belgian poet Albert Giraud was published. The protagonist in the poems is Pierrot , that classic sad clown who dates back to the 16th century. Pierrot ached for the love of Columbine who broke his heart when she ran away with Harlequin. He is such a classic that Pierrot is the inspiration for the white-faced pantomimes in theaters and on city streets for more than 500 years. Many composers [...]
A recent Blogio post mentioned that the automotive manufacturer Toyota gives away music releases. They have been doing this since at least 2010 on their Scion A/V site. Some recordings are no longer available for download, but many are. Here are some that the Oddio Overplay gang have enjoyed. Visit to see what Scion A/V releases interest you. 1. The Melvins - The Bulls And The Bees (hard rock, heavy) 2. Bare - Altitude [...]
Later this month, Eisley will release their Currents album. While awaiting the May 28th launch date, listeners can enjoy their Currents and More Sampler , a featured free NoiseTrade release. The Currents launch is the start of the Eisley summer tour . "Eisley’s fourth album, Currents , is a study in contrasts. It’s the sound of a band growing up, but not [...]
Being fans of Ill Papa Giraffe [ Facebook ], we were happy to find them on the new sampler from UK independent clothing label RhymeSquare , RhymeSquare: Volume Three, Late Spring . Check all three volumes. Typical Hip hop sadly reflects ignorance, negativity, misogyny, and violence. In some shining scenes, however, you find intelligence , positivity , equality , and community . This is one of those [...]
"Imagine what you could do, if you just believed in you?" -- Dawn Pemberton Message Positive is an uplifting 18-track mix on the Free Music Archive with songs of positivity and inspiration to act. The compilation jumps nations and continents and visits the genres of hip hop, soul, rhythm and blues, funk, ambient, chill, reggae, dub, rock, folk, singer-songwriter, Rockabilly, blues, electronica, pop, novelty, children, dance. Message Positive features Axial , [...]
Nigel Simmons is the gifted young American composer whose work " Devil's Candy Shop " opens the Calling All Fiends horror compilation at Oddio Overplay . Simmons has two collections of his orchestral works available on SoundCloud . Nigel Simmons also shares a fun rock album, Nana Man , on Bandcamp. Official Site | SoundCloud | Bandcamp [...]
The companies Adult Swim and Dr. Pepper released a new compilation this week. This time around they are featuring garage rock. Garage Swim showcases unreleased tracks from Black Lips, The Gories, King Tuff, Mikal Cronin, JEFF the Brotherhood, King Khan and The Gris Gris, Mind Spiders, Bass Drum of Death, and others. Garage rock fans, do you know about Garage Fest organizer Toyota's garage series ? (Garage, get it? Oi.) They have released over the last few years something like 50 songs from bands like [...]
ne:o are a five-piece group in Dresden, Germany, who blur genres between rock, jazz, and electronic music. They sometimes remind us of The Art of Noise and the great jazz-post-rock experimental bands. Other times they call to mind Jaga Jazzist , who Wikipedia labels as Jazz , Nu jazz , Acid jazz , Electronica , Experimental rock , and Post-rock . ne:o drifts between those realms, too. German netlabel Aaahh Records shares [...]
The Bach Guitar Duo (Florindo Baldissera and Victorinus Nalato) has a gorgeous album of baroque works, Obstinatum: Chaconnes e Passacalles , on the AlchEmistica netlabel. The chaconne and passacaglia are types of musical composition first found in the early 1600s in the baroque era in Spain. They were vehicles for variation on a repeated short harmonic progression. Both usually had a bass-line serving a compositional outline for variation, decoration, figuration and melodic invention. The bass-line typically descend stepwise from the tonic to the dominant pitch [...]
Rattle those bones and start the new week rocking! Here are six metalcore albums from around the globe. RAARRH! Various Artists - Core In China from P.R.C. Brutal Whiskers - Fallen World from Russia ( site ) [...]
Viktar Siamashka and Co , a free-jazz quartet in Mink, Bielarus, just released their Biotope album on the avant-garde netlabel Black Square ( Чёрный квадрат ). These spontaneous improvised pieces were recorded live "in anticafe Fisher House, Miensk, Bielarus" and fans of improvised free-jazz will want to hear this one. Siamashka performs beautifully on woodwinds and brass. The group -- Viktar Siamashka (winds, percussion), Eryk Arlou-Shymus (double-bass), Maxim Iukin (voice, percussion), Raman Jarash (big drum) -- holds together as if they have played these pieces for years. [...]
Y'all wanna roll wit me down to Hotlanta? Pop in Life In Technicolor Vol. 1 by Spree Wilson and The Flush (Grammy nominated producers for Outkast, Janelle Monae, Little Dragon, RaeKwon, Phantogram, etc.) and you will find yourself immersed in Atlanta, Georgia, USA culture. This concept album recorded at renowned Stankonia Recording Studios is a fun slice of "blazin' hot hip hop and R&B" with crazy Atlanta radio segments leading you from song to song. Life In Technicolor Vol. 1 liner notes [...]
The adventurous avant-garde HAZE netlabel has a series of compilations titled Sound Interpretations by contemporary composers and experimental sound artists. Each compilation is inspired by and dedicated to the brilliance of an outstanding 20th century writer. HAZE writes, "In this project we propose to rethink literary heritage of the 20th century. Over the 2012-2013 years, each month we will release the compilation dedicated to the 12 most outstanding writers of the 20th century." The most recent collection is dedicated to Jack [...]
"Tom and Liza are the Wind Whistles and they live together in the suburbs of Vancouver, Canada. As an indie folk duo, they both sing and both play acoustic instruments (guitar,bass). Sometimes they play alone and sometimes they bring friends, more times not. "They think they sound like a cross of Lemonheads and Violent Femmes while people tell them they sound like a cross of the Decemberists and the Moldy Peaches. Beginning in the spring of 2006, they've done the usual artist thing: demo, radio, festivals, tours, friends and lots and [...]
Month: April 2013 Some of the albums that caught our attention this month at the Free Music Archive The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. The Free Music Archive is directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America. Radio has always offered the public free access to new music. The Free Music Archive is a continuation of that purpose, designed for the age of the internet. Every mp3 you discover on The Free Music [...]
Biga 's album B Sides is out now! Fans of his comrade Digi G’Alessio , Brazilian loops, and hip hop beats will enjoy this one. "Welcome to the eternal summer in the gardens of hip-hop! Life here is easy. Let yourself be refreshed by the light sampling breeze, away from hectic lifestyles and noisy streets. Dressed with an immaculate white kimono, you will be baptized in the fountain of holy funkiness, while angelic voices sing softly over non-quantized rhythms. Immerse yourself into Biga’s universe and let the dream come true." [...]
You probably know Mark Vidler as mashup master "Go Home Productions." He gained a deal of notoriety with those early days of mashups, but Vidler is also a producer, remixer, A/V artist, songwriter, and disc jockey. Here's a snippet from his bio: Using the thriving UK bootleg scene of 2001 as a starting block, has since gone on to officially produce tracks for all manner of 'legends' in the music business including David Bowie, Bob Dylan, The Doors, Blondie, The Sex Pistols and diverse artists like Gang Of Four, Malcolm Mclaren, Ruts DC, Alicia Keys, [...]
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