Archive for the ‘mp3s’ Category

Purple: “Look Innocent”

Posted on: November 25th, 2012 by Matt Gilles

Purple paints a dark, empty world with his unique take on downtempo production. His latest progress the somber and largely instrumental work of his former EP with a newfound vigor as well as a human element, vocals.  “Look Innocent” is a mean pitched-down brute while “The Club” showcases the voice of a delicate rose amidst haunting reverb and a menacing hip hop beat.

He puts on a pretty mean Enya cover, too.

Look out for the Portugese newcomer’s upcoming work by following him on SoundCloud or Facebook.

mp3: Purple: “Look Innocent”

mp3: Purple: “The Club”

mp3: Enya: “Aniron” (Purple Remix)

Loathes: ‘Loathes’

Posted on: October 10th, 2012 by Matt Gilles

For those who want nothing more but to dim their light into the nether of conscious obscurity, Loathes‘ debut self-titled EP is a pristine world in which to awaken.

Slowly sifting through wistful recordings of the past and calm drones, the self-titled work is somewhere between the regal retrospect of memory and the ethereal world of the imaginary. Each of the seven tracks feel like a simple scene within a greater work, so I am delighted to present you a single track version Loathes below.

mp3: Loathes: “Loathes (Full Album)”

swing delux: ‘triple water ep’

Posted on: October 9th, 2012 by Tom Auty

triple water ep
Been digging this a lot lately. 4 airy, contemplative songs by a fellow named Mike from the UK. Check out all of them on his Bandcamp page. Perfect if you like nodding your head slowly.

mp3: swing delux: “triple water”
mp3: swing delux: “mercury”

P.S. Apologies for my absence from the blogging world, I’ll try to do this with a little more consistency this time.

Ricky Eat Acid: ‘Ambien Music’

Posted on: September 15th, 2012 by Matt Gilles

If Ricky Eat Acid‘s prior release, Seeing Little Ghosts Everywhere, was a collection of enchanted places enlightened by adventitious spirits, Ambien Music is the soundtrack of an empty house, haunted by decayed memories. Each movement gradually reveals a calm abyss of languished drone, a space so sparse that minute details seem illuminating and significant. The subtleties of these pieces are products of Sam Ray’s creative process, in which he had gradually morphed the constant tones present throughout the album by haphazardly attacking the .wav files of the layered drones themselves, resulting in deformed replicas of the files’ past selves.

This may be the last release for Sam under the Ricky Eat Acid monicker, or maybe he still has something special up his sleeve. Either way, I’m quite grateful to have something beautiful to drift off to sleep to.

Ambien Music is free (as always) on Ricky Eat Acid’s Bandcamp. Here are a couple from the greater work:

mp3: Ricky Eat Acid: “Ambien Music”

mp3: Ricky Eat Acid: “Ambien Music Three”

REWROTE: “Ø​”

Posted on: September 9th, 2012 by Matt Gilles

REWROTE‘s “Ø” is a gentle swagbeast, synths pleasantly bubbling above a playful two-step.

It’ll put a smile across your dreary-ass face.

Throw REWROTE some 40 money for “Ø” and its evil twin, “V” on his Bandcamp.

high pop: “Crawl”

Posted on: September 6th, 2012 by Matt Gilles

high pop keep it simple—their latest LP, hip hip hooray is filled with sugary sweet treats coated in a delicious lo-fi haze. ”Crawl” is jangling acoustic candy based around simple hook that begs to be repeated.

Somewhere in Conneticut, high pop is taking it easy with the rest of their friends at Seagreen Records. Nab hip hip hooray for free here.

mp3: high pop: “Crawl”

ABADABAD: “All The Bros Say”

Posted on: August 12th, 2012 by Macklin Underdown

Not much needs to be said about this gem. I can’t think of a better song to finish the last month of summer with than this one. Tweet about it, skeet about it, etc.

“All The Bros Say” is the single from ABADABAD‘s upcoming EP entitled The Wild, which comes out on September 11th. Tell them you love them on Facebook and Twitter.

mp3: ABADABAD: “All The Bros Say”

Kyle Bobby Dunn: ‘Bring Me the Head of Kyle Bobby Dunn’

Posted on: August 8th, 2012 by Matt Gilles

Bring Me the Head of Kyle Bobby Dunn is the most recent album by ambient artist, Kyle Bobby Dunn, and it feels like his most realized excursion into minimalist drone to date.

If I could sum up the 2+ hour work in one word, it would be “patient”. For the past couple months, I have been listening to it every time that I need a moment to take a break and gaze within. The scant amounts of sound in a larger space and Kyle Bobby Dunn’s focus on gradual movement has entrained me to a comfortably slower way of digesting life in an overtly complicated, materialist dystopia.

The record visits subtle melodies, reverberating through the echo chamber of memory and then back into an abyss of silence. Faint ripples of sounds repeat and grow, breathing in and out in zen bliss. Kyle Bobby Dunn is a master at his craft, and it’s magical to be sedated by his greatest work thus far for hours on end.

Low Point is streaming and selling CD’s of Bring Me the Head of Kyle Bobby Dunn on their Bandcamp. Here’s a moment that I particularly enjoyed:

mp3: Kyle Bobby Dunn: “Parkland”

Praything: ‘Her Skin Caught the Glow’

Posted on: August 3rd, 2012 by Matt Gilles

Gainesville’s Ju Kovacevich is a delicate master of his craft, using loops of tender vocal coos and arpeggiated piano stirrings to create heartwrenching narratives. As Praything, his lonely, intimate ballads are best listened to in the dark.

Her Skin Caught the Glow, his second recorded effort as Praything, is a consuming listen from start to finish—I’d highly recommend coupling it with the feeling that you are the only human left on the planet.

Visit the Praything Bandcamp and get Her Skin Caught the Glow for free. Here are a couple highlights:

mp3: Praything: “Rise Rise Rise”

mp3: Praything: “A Million Lives”