Still Audio: Calm, Free Electronica

Special thanks to The Nature Of Light for the exclusive first track “About Ruin”. Their work sets the scene for Still Audio #20 - downtempo, ambient with a hint of drone here and there.

Track 1

• Artist Country: USA
• Artist: The Nature Of Light
• Track: About Ruin
• URL: http://www.myspace.com/thenatureoflight

Track 2

• Artist Country: Sweden
• Artist: Motionfield
• Release: Northern Lights
• Track: 1/Nordic Lights
• URL: http://www.archive.org/details/tube035

Track 3

• Artist Country: Germany
• Artist: adamned.age
• Release: Photosphaere
• Track: 3/Photosphaere
• URL: http://www.archive.org/details/xs-12-Admned.agePhotosphaere

 

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A spacey theme this time round, with special thanks to our first artist IsaVis, with a track from her new album “Cosmico Divino”. For details of how to buy Cosmico Divino on CD, check out her web site at http://www.isavis.com. This track also features Eugene on the venerable theremin, one of the earliest electronic instruments.

Track 1

• Artist Country: Italy
• Artist: IsaVis
• Album: Cosmico Divino
• Track: Mission 11
• URL: http://www.isavis.com

Track 2

• Artist Country: Macedonia
• Artist: Every Kid on Speed
• Release: Rocketship Remixed
• Track: 3/ Disko Pigg Automated Deep Space Tour Remix
• URL: http://www.diplomatik.net/dplnet004.html

Track3

• Artist Country: Germany
• Artist: Chillheimer
• Release: Morning Moon
• Track: 1/Morning Moon
• URL: http://www.archive.org/details/rfr013

 

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Minimal clicks, field recordings and lush ambience all round. Rhythmic, but not overly dancy. Also includes not one but two tracks from the excellent Insectorama label. Why? Because I simply couldn’t decide which one to include. It’s all good.

Track 1

• Artist Country: Russia
• Artist: Ivity
• Release: Blur EP
• Track: 1/Blur
• URL: http://www.insectorama.de/index.php?m=3

Track 2

• Artist Country: Greece
• Artist: dimonib (Nikolis Dimosthenis)
• Release: Auxiliary Outputs LP
• Track: Auxiliary Output 1.6
• URL: http://www.deepindub.org/did019-dimomib-auxiliary-outputs-lp/

Track 3

• Artist Country: Ukraine
• Artist: Pasha Slatkin
• Release: First Dive (Compilation)
• Track: Heat Of Breath
• URL: http://www.deeplimit.net/en/release/dplm08/

Track4

• Artist Country: Netherlands
• Artist: Flip and Tou
• Release: Dynastic
• Track: 7/Row Ya Boat
• URL: http://www.insectorama.de/index.php?m=3

 

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Deep, dark, ambient sounds from orchestral to wall-shaking soundscapes. Must be listened to with a decent set of headphones/speakers to appreciate at it’s very best.

Track 1

• Artist Country: USA
• Artist: The Nature of Light
• Release: Shores of Jupiter
• Track: 4/Ocean Deep Eyes
• URL: http://www.webbedhandrecords.com/wh099-the-nature-of-light-shores-of-jupiter/#more-117

Track 2

• Artist Country: Germany
• Artist: EXurban
• Release: Leerstand Untergrund
• Track: 03/Seelenkinder
• URL: http://www.exurban.de/music%20news/music_releases.html

Track 3

• Artist Country: Scotland
• Artist: Mosca
• Release: PhCH001-1
• Track: 8/Brand New Polaroid
• URL: http://www.phantomchannel.co.uk/releases.html

 

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Head-filling chords with a little acoustic guitar to keep the pace nice and slow.  Road tested with a nice long run, it worked well.

Track 1

• Artist Country: Germany
• Artist: Morgenklang
• Release: Supafeed 006/Deep Dive
• Track: 1/Dive Control
• URL: http://www.supafeed.net/?seite=seite_releases

Track 2

• Artist Country: Germany
• Artist: spaceTourist
• Release: This Year Summer
• Track: 3/Mareta
• URL: http://www.digilog.gr/diginet016.htm

Track 3

• Artist Country: Portugal
• Artist: Tiago Sousa
• Release: The Western Lands
• Track: 3/The Writer
• URL: http://www.restingbell.net/releases/rb030-the-western-lands

Track 4

• Artist Country: The Netherlands
• Artist: Dominique Jacquinet
• Release: Floating
• Track: 2/Boulevard Road
• URL: http://www.this-side.net/releases/tup004

 

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Four downtempo different tracks with a nu jazz feel. Best experienced in the early hours.

Track 1

• Artist Country: Germany
• Netlabel: Auflegware
• Artist: Anneke Laurent
• Release: The Hip Back EP
• Track: 3/The Hip Back
• URL: http://www.auflegware.de/auflegware/releases/alw016.html

Track 2

• Artist Country: Scotland
• Netlabel: White In Music
• Artist: Deep Source Project
• Release: I Need You EP
• Track: 4/I Need You (Georg Neufeld remix)
• URL: http://www.whiteinmusic.net

Track 3

• Artist Country: Germany
• Netlabel: Aerotone
• Artist: My First Trumpet
• Release: Frerk
• Track: 1/Pawlow
• URL: http://aerotone.300l600.de/index.php?id=2,73,0,0,1,0

Track 4

• Artist Country: Netherlands
• Netlabel: Budabeats
• Artist: Crookram
• Release: 19/76 EP
• Track: 1/Hostile
• URL: http://www.budabeats.com/bube002.htm

 

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Minimal beats and deep ambient drones in this episode. A special thanks to Harry from Audio Gourmet for track 2 - a sneak preview from his forthcoming EP, further details of which will emerge soon. The full release will ultimately be available over on Webbed Hand Records.

Track 1:

• Artist Country: USA
• Netlabel: Archaic Horizon
• Artist: Electricwest
• Release: Divine De Vice
• Track: Track 03/Before You Know I’m Gone
• URL: http://www.archaichorizon.com/releases/ah022/ah022.html

Track 2:

• Artist Country: UK
• Netlabel: Webbed Hand Records
• Artist: Audio Gourmet
• Release: The Earths Exit Door (TBC)
• Track: 04/Mist Before Sunrise (Short-Hand Edit)
• URL: TBC

Track 3:

• Artist Country: Ukraine
• Netlabel: Deeplimit
• Artist: Majorcat
• Release: Deeplimit
• Track: 01/Biosphere
• URL: http://www.deeplimit.net/en/release/dplm01/

 

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Crystalline synth work, laid-back rhythm, clicks and pulsing beats. Turn up the volume.
Track 1

• Artist Country: Spain
• Netlabel: StirSound
• Artist: Carlo
• Release: Neverland Exists
• Track: 2/25 & Friends
• URL: http://www.stirsound.com/Carlo_Neverland_Exists_stir025.html

Track 2

• Artist Country: Spain
• Netlabel: Sonetika
• Artist: Ivan Martin
• Release: Sound Class E.P
• Track: City Night Fly
• URL: http://www.sonetika.com/Releases/son007.htm

Track 3

• Artist Country: Croatia
• Netlabel: Groove Caffe
• Artist: BronZe
• Release: Dreamer
• Track: 1/U Bring Life
• URL: http://groovecaffe.com/releases/view/104/

 

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Comfortable ambient start, an oldschool middle, rounded out with some peaceful downtempo introspection.

Track 1

• Artist Country: Germany
• Netlabel: One Bit Wonder
• Artist: Kiorda Däkin
• Release: treintiuno #031
• Track: 03/Melt
• URL: http://www.1bit-wonder.com/031/031.html

Track 2

• Artist Country: Germany
• Netlabel: Plain Audio
• Artist: Staub
• Release: #10/Little By Little
• Track: b1/Back Then
• URL: http://www.plainaudio.com/electronic/releases/10.html

Track 3

• Artist Country: USA
• Netlabel: One
• Artist: Transient
• Release: one016/Over The River And Through The Woods
• Track: 11/My Last Goodbye
• URL: http://one.dot9.ca/2/releases.php?id=020

 

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Decidedly relaxed drones for this episode. Lose yourself for half an hour. It’ll do you good.

Track 1

• Artist Country: Colombia
• Netlabel: Zymogen
• Artist: David Velez (Lezrod)
• Release: Zym014/Genki Vol I
• Track: 04/Azules
• URL: http://www.zymogen.net/releases/zym014/

Track 2

• Artist Country: UK
• Netlabel: Webbed Hand Records
• Artist: Audio Gourmet
• Release: wh091/Rusted Dreams
• Track: 01/A Stream Of Lava
• URL: http://www.webbedhandrecords.com/wh091-audio-gourmet-rusted-dreams/#more-109

Track 3

• Artist Country: New Zealand
• Netlabel: Resting Bell
• Artist: Venus Vulture
• Release: RB026/phantomshadows
• Track: 01/There Were Once Seven
• URL: http://www.restingbell.net/releases/rb026-phantomshadows

 

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