Category: Audio

Reviews for free music. Short articles pointing out foobar2000 usage.


  • Alexandre Bateiras – [2012] Canções da Lua Nova

    Alexandre Bateiras – [2012] Canções da Lua Nova

    This is Portuguese folk. Acoustic guitars, singing of past times. Speaking of past times, the album was originally released in 2007 on the now inactive Merzbau netlabel. Fortunately for us, the Free Music Archive took over the task of archiving its releases. Only because of that, I was able to stumble upon this jewel of…

  • LASERS – [2012] LASERS EP

    LASERS – [2012] LASERS EP

    Slightly positive IDM with a dash of Trip Hop. Bad Panda Records released LASERS EP back in 2012. With four original songs and seven remixes, the release is almost 50 minutes long. Its sound is very relaxed and doesn’t try to impress with catchy tunes. Instead, spherical sounds are combined with straight drum patterns. (What…

  • Kliment – [2006] Time Revision A

    Kliment – [2006] Time Revision A

    If you don’t like ten minute long, plain psy trance with straight beats and meditative repetitiveness, don’t read on. The shortest piece in this 5-track EP is almost 7 minutes long, so be warned. Still here? Good, because Kliment has created a release of intriguing production quality. The music is neutral to uplifting. Motives are…

  • Meanwhileproject.ltd – [2008] Today is Sunday

    Meanwhileproject.ltd – [2008] Today is Sunday

    Folky instrumental guitar rock with a dash of Pink Floyd. Today is Sunday is the first solo release of the Cologne-based artist M. Adam with his Meanwhileproject.ltd. Electronic bits add flavour to background-music chord textures. Great during, but also after work!

  • Sakee Sed – [2013] Ceci N’Est Pas Un EP

    Sakee Sed – [2013] Ceci N’Est Pas Un EP

    Clinical Archives is probably among the ten netlabels with the most releases. This one is number 517, indicating a long history. Check my music player freemusi.cc for a playlist of my favourite tracks released on Clinical Archives. Sakee Sed delivers six tracks of edgy psychedelic rock. The style brings with it that not every song…

  • Cambriana – [2012] House of Tolerance

    Cambriana – [2012] House of Tolerance

    This week’s release found its way to my HDD thanks to the (French) review by @diffuser on this album. As he remarks, Cambriana don’t fail to draw attention to their skills, both technical and songwriterish. A tender melancholy lies on their Indie-Folk/Pop compositions. Like usual, I present two of the ten tracks below.

  • Emanuel Salvador – [2007] Selected Performances

    Emanuel Salvador – [2007] Selected Performances

    Classic music it is. Violin and piano or orchestra, playing Debussy, Elgar, and Fiorini. Purely instrumental, the live recordings have much dynamic range, i.e. there are both quiet and LOUD moments. This release contains both traditional and contemporary music, as long as it’s violin.

  • Various Artists – [2012] netBloc Vol. 40: AAIR Attack

    Various Artists – [2012] netBloc Vol. 40: AAIR Attack

    It’s great when an awesome compilation of first-class free music makes to its 40th release. Few similar projects have managed to see their 10th release. The happier I am to be able to write this review. For now over 5 years, the netlabel blocSonic has been pumping out the netBloc compilation series, in addition to…

  • Jay Phonic – [2012] Space Pictures

    Jay Phonic – [2012] Space Pictures

    Time for more space music this week! This release is part of a larger music donation I received from Machtdose; more details will follow in a later post. Back to the music: softly pulsing synthpads, minutes pass like seconds. Elaborate motives are used sparingly; not to draw to much attention to oneself. It is perfect…

  • Stellardrone – [2011] A Moment Of Stillness

    Stellardrone – [2011] A Moment Of Stillness

    Stellardrone is an artist from Lithuania, excelling in the art of creating ambient music that causes neither coma nor nausea. The secret lies in finding the balance between repetition and catchy tunes. This release sounds, while being cold and spacey on the outside, quite warm and meditative.

  • Lüger – [2010] Concrete Light

    Lüger – [2010] Concrete Light

    Lüger plays uplifiting psychadelic rock with punch and energy. What sounds like a contradiction, becomes noisy reality in front of your ears. The Spanish band use heavily distorted guitars, synths and a dash of space rock to compose their take on rock music. Two tracks preview and the download link are below.

  • Fall Walk Run – [2011] Throwing It All Away

    Fall Walk Run – [2011] Throwing It All Away

    Exceptional acoustic pop from UK. This is Fall Walk Run in a nutshell. Voice, acoustic guitar and some percussion are all this talented artist needs to capture my attention.

  • Botany Bay – [2007] Grounded

    Botany Bay – [2007] Grounded

    Botany Bay make simple emotional pop music with influences from many genres. The common theme among their various releases are rich instrumentation, female vocals and good arrangements. This album from 2007 was released at Jamendo. The band caught my attention by their contribution to the compilation Freeloaded (play on freemusi.cc), issued by Musikpiration once a…

  • Serphonic – [2009] Sounds of my Life

    Serphonic – [2009] Sounds of my Life

    This week’s release is quiet electro pop from Germany. Electro pop only loosely summarises the exotic mix of trip hop, IDM and instrumental samples that we are served here by Serphonic. This album is great for frequent casual listening; many neatly crafted details wait to be discovered. Two of the 16 tracks are presented below,…

  • Studbaker´s Blacksmith Shop – [2011] Excuse me, are you sick?!

    Studbaker´s Blacksmith Shop – [2011] Excuse me, are you sick?!

    This band was brought to me by the now discontinued Free Music Charts (archive) over at darkerradio. The Bavarian band shares genes with Pandoras.Box (review on their album Barriers) from the same region. Their music can be described as edgy, slightly rough alternative rock. Production value is exceptional; recording and mix sound superb. I selected…