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If you love discovering great netlabel artists as much as I do, you’ll enjoy this episode. There’s plenty of netlabel goodies in #58 — some favorites that you’ve heard before in this series, like Phour Trakk (Ideology) and Fonogeri (Jamendo) — and some other discoveries for which I can thank Phlow Magazine (don’t miss their great 2009 advent/retrospective) and Blocsonic’s amazing compilations.
In addition, I’ve included early net-music pioneers Kush and a track from the newest and ultra-smooth chillout release from Sine Music ….”Chillbar, Volume 2.” They’ve been putting out consistently high-quality releases all year.
But let’s get right to it. Here’s the tracklist:
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And here’s a video of another Azoora track:
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This episode features a track from Brazil's Dubalizer
Another hour of eclectic, chilled music awaits you in episode 57. It begins with the planetary grooves of Meditronica’s “The Third Planet,” — from their self-titled album — to get you in the right mood.
Meditronica “The Third Planet” (mp3) from “Meditronica” (RareNoiseRecords)
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They’re followed by an eclectic mix, from a gentle track by Arna (one of contributors to Tryad) through the dreamy techno soundscapes of The Unique Matter and the gentle Brazilian dubby goodness of Dubalizer… and finishing with Egorythm, featuring Rona Ray’s gorgeous vocals, you’re sure to enjoy this long-playing episode.
EPISODE 57 TRACKLIST:
1. MEDITRONICA – The Third Planet (from the album “Meditronica,” buy from iTunes or Amazon)
2. ARNA – Hold on to Me (base track for Tryad’s “I See,” from the album “Public Domain,” www.tryad.org)
3. PIXELFROG – Northern Lights (from the album “My Mind,” buy from iTunes or Amazon)
4. AY-14ICE – I don’t need you (from the album “First Step,” www.jamendo.com)
5. THE UNIQUE MATTER – Metasphera (from the EP “Metasphera,” download from www.sologroove.com)
6. THE PSYCH 59 – Erotic Vulture (from the album “Unconsciously Screaming,” download from www.archive.org)
7. PHOUR TRAKK FEAT. SICK E – Summerdays have gone (from the EP “Sleeping City,” download from www.ideology.de)
8. DUBALIZER – Abra Sua Mente (from the album “Sub Existência,” download from www.fresh-poulp.net)
9. SYNTHARMONY – Automne (from the album “Automne,” download from www.jamendo.com)
10. DRAGAN – Sashka’s Song (download from www.jamendo.com)
11. EGORYTHM FEAT. RONA RAY – Loneliness and Sadness (from the album “Tunguska Chillout Grooves, Volume 4.” Download from www.jamendo.com)
If you liked the track by The Unique Matter, here’s another one that a listener put up on YouTube:
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Hyperstory leads this episode with a track from their new album.
This episode begins with a couple of great, chilled vocal tracks — first, from Hyperstory, who’s just released their debut album (also titled “Hyperstory”) in November. Following that is the trip-hoppy Screenatorium, who’s been featured before in this podcast series. Next up is Evan Bluetech, with a brand-new track that has a slightly balkan feel to it — from his new EP, “Call of the Wild.” Then we slow down a bit with Global Journey’s “Acquiesce,” from their series of themed music releases.
And what follows after that is a mélange of cinematic beats, dub, fusion, and rich headphone music– some whom you’ve never heard before in this series, and new tracks from old friends like Cardamar. Enjoy!
Global Journey “Acquiesce” (mp3) from “Alpha Dreams” (Global Journey)
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TRACKLIST:
1. HYPERSTORY – A Happening (from the album “Hyperstory,” buy from iTunes and Amazon)
2. SCREENATORIUM – Silent Disaster (from the album “Audimat,” download from jamendo.com_
3. EVAN BLUETECH – Mysteriosa Flambeau (from the EP “Call of the Wild,” donate/download from www.bluetechonline.com)
4. GLOBAL JOURNEY – Acquiesce (buy from www.global-journey.com or from iTunes)
5. MINDTHINGS – Our Lives, Our Destinies (from the album “Life’s Path,” download/donate at www.jamendo.com)
6. ORANGE CRUSH – Deeper Stream (from the EP “Autumn Reflections,” download from the Archaic Horizon netlabel)
7. CARDAMAR – Now I Can Close My Eyes (from the EP “Arboreal,” download from www.cardamar.com)
8. MAT’S – Orphanée (featuring Bastien Buhagiar)” (from the album “A Light in the Abyss,” download from www.deepindub.org or from the Internet archives)
9. AUTHIST – Weltempfänger Dub (from the release “ErnteDubFest,” download from the Music Artistry netlabel, www.musicartistry.de)
10. MICHU – Dakar (from the release “Fata Morgana,” download from www.jamendo.com)
11. FIZZ – Time Unknown (from the release “Fonoteka 3/4,” download from http://fonoteka77.blogspot.com)
12. SERPHONIC – Metro (from the release “Sounds of My Life,” download from www.jamendo.com)
13. PAUK – Oda a M (from the EP “Oda a M,” download from the Discontinu netlabel, www.discontinurecords.com)
If you liked Authist, you might like this video of an Authist remix of a Bang Guru track (Bang Guru has also been featured in this podcast series, in episode 47)
Atiim Chenzira leads this episode
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Ahhh, another episode that’s full of surprises. Atiim Chenzira rocks us with his smokin,’ seductive call to physical pleasures with “Feel It (remix).” Then we segue into a couple of netlabel goodies that have a bit of guitar in them (thanks to Phlow for helping me discover Monomatik through their “Destination Cologne” compilation!), then a lovely fusion track from Serbian producer Antanas, some dubstep from Bojcot Selectah, and then we descend into more chilled vibe throughout the rest of the episode, with tracks from artists on Jamendo, with netlabels, and a track from SINE music’s latest release, among others.
Here’s the tracklist:
Intro from Atiim Chenzira
ATIIM CHENZIRA – Feel It (remix) (buy the original from http://r3np.bandcamp.com/)
2. M.W.D. – Rico (from the “Singing Forests” album, download from www.budabeats.com)
3. MONOMATIK – The one with the lead guitar (from the EP “But We Made It So Far,” download from the Id.eology netlabel, www.ideology.de)
4. ANTANAS – Eastern World (from the album “Magellan,” download from www.jamendo.com)
5. BOJCOT SELECTAH & DAWN – Believe (from the compilation “Echodub Loves Vol. 01,” download from Echodub, http://site.echodub.co.uk)
6. L’EAU DU ROBINET – Positive Sounds (from the album “God is a Hippie,” download from the Phonotactics netlabel, www.phonotactics.info)
7. FONOGERI – Tél-Tündér (from the album “Marbles,” download from www.jamendo.com)
8. POLISHED CHROME – Sunrise (from the album “First Experience,” released by SINE Music, buy from iTunes or Amazon)
9. LAUGE & BABA GNOHM – Southern Hemisphere (from the EP “Daybreak,” listed on www.discogs.net. Buy other Lauge tracks from iTunes.)
10. HARAX – Flamberg (from the compilation “Emptinesses.” Buy Harax’s solo album, “Inly,” from iTunes)
11. ISMA SERRANO – She is Electric (from the “Automatic Behaviour LP,” from the Antiritmo netlabel, download from http://antiritmo.com/)
“Into the Sunshine” is from Sven Van Hees’ new album, “Maverick”
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This episode kicks off with a soulful,uplifting track from Sven Van Hees — with vocals by Femke — from his new album, “Maverick.” It’s called “Into the Sunshine,” and it’s available for sale from iTunes and from Beatport. Like all of Sven’s previous albums, this one is a winner.
You’ll hear some Creative Commons-licensed and indie artists that you’ve heard before in previous episodes, like Black Era, Tryad (in honor of their first iTunes-LP re-release of their album “Listen”), Alejandro Rubio, The Warheads, and General Fuzz, as well as a great new remix from our friends Sunburn in Cyprus in Germany.
But there’s plenty of new stuff, too: Alu (an electronica artist who was featured in the compilation “Digital Bliss, Volume 1″), Przasnik, Lucid Picnic (Serhan Berberoglu–whom you might know from his tracks on some Peak Records compilations, as well as his other project, Oblivion Garden), Frank Clayton, and Berlin producer fLako, who teamed up with Canadian hip hop chanteuse Amenta and made this cutting-edge gem. Listen up and enjoy!
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Jennifer Lindsay leads this episode with a gorgeously chilled track from her new album
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Episode 53 features several newly released tracks that are at times cinematic, at times soulful, but always delivering chilled beats to you. This episode is nearly an hour long, and starts with an introduction from Jennifer Lindsay, who’s just released her first album, “Songs in the Dark,” which officially releases on October 17th.
Her breathtaking track, “Charade,” leads us right to a brand-new release from producer The Angel, who released an EP with singer Jhelisa called “Ultra Light.” This track, “Ultra Light (featuring Jhelisa)” is ultra chilled and sultry, and it’s picking up a lot of buzz worldwide.
Other new releases in this episode include some dubstep from the UK’s Kerogen, a Merge of Equals track from the new SINE Music compilation, “Cool Off Chillout, Volume 2,” Sick-E, Orange Crush, Mélodie en Sous-Sol, DDO, and Cosmicleaf’s Side Liner.
The complete tracklist:
Intro from Jennifer Lindsay
1. JENNIFER LINDSAY: Charade (from the album “Songs in the Dark,” buy from CDBaby now, or iTunes soon)
2. THE ANGEL: Ultra Light (feat. Jhelisa) (from the EP “Ultra Light,” The Angel & Jhelisa, buy from iTunes)
3. KEROGEN: Hope (from the compilation “Echodub Loves Volume 01,” Echodub netlabel, http://site.echodub.co.uk/)
4. MOTOWN JUNKIE: Doped Night Drive (from “More,” Phonotactics netabel, www.phonotactics.info/)
5. MERGE OF EQUALS: In This World (from the compilation “Cool Off Chillout, vol. 2,” SINE Music. Buy from iTunes)
6. SICK-E: Feels So Good (from the album “Genotype Jazz,” from the Music Artistry netlabel, www.musicartistry.de)
7. CARDINALE: The Casual Angels (feat. denir) (unreleased. www.myspace.com/cardinalejakarta
8. ORANGE CRUSH: Sunshine Drive (from the album “Autumn Reflections,” from the Archaic Horizons netlabel …www.archaichorizon.com)
9. MELODIE EN SOUS-SOL: Invaders (from “Liquid Mixes,” released on Taliferro Records, www.taliferromusic.com, buy at iTunes)
10. PSYCHEDELICIOUS: Technohm (download from www.archive.org)
11. DDO: Flotar y no parar (from the Breathe 04 compilation, download from www.breathe-comp.com)
12. SIDE LINER: Walk Away (remix for Percussion Bullet), (from the album “Missing Pieces of a Puzzle,”Cosmicleaf Records, buy exclusively at www.emusic.com)
More Jhelisa for you!
This episode features three tracks from the new "Digital Bliss, Volume 2" compilation.
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This special episode is a conversation with San Francisco electronica artist Divasonic. We talk about her own music and about the new music compilation that she’s just released with musician Celeste Lear: “Digital Bliss, Volume 2.” Following on the success of the first edition of Digital Bliss, it features 14 tracks from women electronica artists (or women-fronted musical ensembles), including Costanza, Micropixie, Return to Mono, Alice Rose, Artemis, and Rena Jones, among others.
On October 2nd, Digital Bliss will have an official launch party in San Francisco. Come join the party, and if you can’t, then take a listen to the CD on CDBaby, Amazon, or iTunes.
The tracklist from this 30-minute episode:
1. DIVASONIC – Calm of the One (from “Birth,” buy from CDBaby, Amazon, iTunes)
2. CELESTE LEAR – Continental Drift (from “Digital Bliss, Volume 2,” buy from CDBaby, Amazon, iTunes)
3. WEATHER PENDING – Perfect Weather [Divasonic Remix] (from “Digital Bliss, Volume 2,” buy from CDBaby, Amazon, iTunes)
4. PIXELFROG – Mystic Dunes (from “Digital Bliss, Volume 2,” buy from CDBaby, Amazon, iTunes)
If you enjoy Divasonic’s music, here’s a YouTube video of “Hiding,” from her album “Birth:”
This new release from Sonic Motion in France is one of many psyambient labels represented here (others include Ultimae, Cosmicleaf, Muti Music, Peak Records, and Cardamar)
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Burning Man 2009 might be coming to an end, but this is the perfect time to dedicate an episode to some of the best psyambient music on the planet. Expand Your Musical Horizons, episode 52, showcases some psychill from a couple of netlabels, as well as indie labels like Cosmicleaf, Synergetic, Muti Music, Ultimae, Peak Records, Sonic Atmosphere, and Cardamar Music.
If you’re already into this genre of music, then you’re already familiar with artists like Aes Dana, Side Liner, Lemonchill, and Peaking Goddess. If you’re not….then welcome.
Here’s the tracklist for this stunning lineup. Many, many thanks to the artists for letting me showcase their tracks!
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There’s lots more to explore with all these artists and labels….here’s another Aes Dana track: “Forest Fishes”:
Atiim Chenzira introduces this episode and a track he recorded with Divasonic
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Atiim Chenzira opens a “Can of Wormz” for us in this episode by introducing this track about the “push and pull of relationships,” which he recorded with Divasonic. You can buy this track at a number of online sites, but we recommend that you use bandcamp. To continue with the theme of relationships, this track is followed by Screenatorium’s“What if,” Weather Pending’s “Pieces” (from their debut album, “And How!“), Phour Trakk’s lo-fi “World Behind Your Eyes,” and Sel-P’s soulful “By My Side.“
From there, things get instrumental, with Alka’s “Blueberry,” NiM’s “Telephone Call” (which was on Fresh-Poulp’s “Octopus One” compilation), “Collaboration,” from -Maze- (on Jamendo.com), Lost Soul Refuge’s “Banshee” (from his album on Dusted Wax), a couple of dub tracks: Para’s “Component” (from the netlabel “A Quiet Bump” in Italy) and ManintheAttic’s “Aztarna” (on the Disboot netlabel in Spain), and concludes with a soaring track from Soundsache in Germany, “Demons and Devils.“
1. DIVASONIC with ATIIM CHENZIRA – Can of Wormz (from “Can of Wormz” EP, buy from http://divasonic.bandcamp.com)
2. SCREENATORIUM – What if (from “Blue Morning” EP, download from Jamendo.com)
3. WEATHER PENDING – Pieces (from their debut album “And How!” – buy from iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby)
4. PHOUR TRAKK (FEAT. SICK-E) – World Behind Your Eyes (from “Detour,” download from Id.eology netlabel, www.ideaology.de)
5. SEL-P – By My Side (from the compilation “Tunguska Chillout Grooves vol 2,” download from Jamendo.com)
6. ALKA – Blueberry (from “A Dog Lost in the Woods,” buy from Amazon, iTunes, etc.)
7. NIM – Telephone Call (from the compilation “Octopus One,” download from www.fresh-poulp.net)
8. MAZE – Collaboration (from “X-Centric,” download from Jamendo.com)
9. LOST SOUL REFUGE – Banshee (from “Black Orchid” EP, download from www.dustedwax.org)
10. PARA – Component (from “Motion Dub,” download from www.aquietbump.com)
11. MANINTHEATTIC – Aztarna (from the “Aztarna” EP, download from www.disboot.net)
12. SOUNDSACHE – Demons and Devils (from the album “Klangwelt,” download from Jamendo.com)
Weather Pending — whom you heard on track 3 in this episode — have a music video for another track on their album “And How!” — it’s called “The Tide.” Here’s the video:
Another one of Suhov's projects, Jószomszéd, has a track in this milestone episode
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It’s a milestone — episode #50 — with 13 horizon-expanding tracks. Let’s put on our headphones and celebrate together…
Andreas Schneider of the XtraChill podcast in Germany joins us to introduce the first track, which he chose just for us: Adult Only’s “Overlove.” Find it on Jamendo.
After the sophisticated chill of Adult Only, we get into some electro fusion: enjoy Tikki Masala (from Belgium) and Metastaz (from France), with “Maha Devi Shamboo” and “Resistance.” From there we move into some trip-hoppy beats:Motown Junkie’s “Farlopa Satanica,” Jószomszéd’s gorgeous, soulful “Csak az olvassa,” from their new album “Az ajtó,” Degiheugi’s eclectically epic “Mes nuits tziganes,” Geigermeister’s “Slow Groove,” and Flow Inc’s delicately heavy “Lost and Found,” from his EP, “Controlled Variables.”
Then, with a nod to earlier episodes of this podcast, we include a track from Germany’s Calm Be: “Again” — another classic gem from the Sofasound netlabel, which presented a gold mine of brilliant music circa 2005, but has not been updating its site for awhile.
The last three tracks are some of the many goodies of Jamendo.com: Maya de Luna, with the electro-chanson track “Les ondes de survie,” Pavel Fomitchov, with “Erotic Dream,” from the wonderful Tunguska Chillout compilation series, and Brazil’s Kaparao, with “Ybytyrama,” a lovely, soaring track that will leave you feeling really good.
Thanks for listening … it’s wonderful to have 50 episodes online for you to enjoy. Please send me an email to let me know what you enjoy, or what you’d like to hear on future episodes. See you next time!
Intro from Andreas Schneider of the XtraChill podcast in Germany (xtrachill.podspot.de)
1. ADULT ONLY – Overlove (download from www.jamendo.com)
2. TIKKI MASALA – Maha Devi Shamboo (unsigned, listen at MySpace.com or Electrobel.be)
3. METASTAZ – Resistance (from the album “Anekoik Pressure,” download from the internet archive)
4. MOTOWN JUNKIE – Farlopa Satanica (from the album “More” — from the Phonotactics netlabel at www.phonotactics.org)
5. JOSZOMSZED (w/SUHOV) – Csak az olvassa (from the album “Az ajtó” — download from their MySpace page)
6, DEGIHEUGI – Mes nuits tziganes, featuring Ghostown and Nawelle (from the album “The Broken Symphony,” download from jamendo.com)
7. PHOUR TRAKK – Sarasvati (from the album “Slip into Something More Comfortable” on the Id.eology netlabel — www.ideology.de)
8. GEIGERMEISTER — Slow Groove (from the album “Flabbergasted Smoothies,” download from jamendo.com)
9. FLOW INC. – Lost and Found (from the EP “Controlled Variables” on the Dusted Wax Kingdom netlabel … www.dustedwax.org)
10. CALM BE – Again (from the album “Impressions,” download from www.sofasound.de)
11. MAYA DE LUNA – Les ondes de survie (from “Envers et contre toi” on jamendo.com)
12. PAVEL FOMITCHOV – Erotic Dream (from “Selena – Tunguska Chilled Grooves 3,” www.jamendo.com)
13. KAPARAO – Ybytyrama (from “Sacred Kaparao part 2,” www.jamendo.com)
If you enjoyed the Degiheugi track in this episode, maybe you’ll enjoy this music video from them!
