Category: Audio

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

  • TenPenny Joke – [2009] Ambush On All Sides

    TenPenny Joke – [2009] Ambush On All Sides

    TenPenny Joke is/was a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Ambush On All Sides is their first and so far last album. If features melodic and powerful rock music. Songwriting, vocals, all top-notch. Luckily, they have released their album on Jamendo for us all to find. Listen to my two favourite tracks and then download it…

  • Workbench – [2006] Zoo

    Workbench – [2006] Zoo

    This ambient release from Kahvi contains over 80 minutes of relaxing background music. No spiritual, new age enlightenment tunes with water effects. But only clear and calm electronic music. I like this kind of music for programming, reading or just relaxing. Like usual, I present two tracks to pull you in, too!

  • O.Z.O.N. – [2011] Yearning for Grace

    O.Z.O.N. – [2011] Yearning for Grace

    O.Z.O.N. is a talented music producer from Ukraine. He has released over a dozen albums and singles on Jamendo so far. Here I present his first full-length album that features at least three gems of electronic dance music. But hear for yourself…

  • WSHtpc04 Version 0.3 – new HTPC fullscreen panel released

    WSHtpc04 Version 0.3 – new HTPC fullscreen panel released

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  • Roger Subirana Mata – [2008] Point of no return

    Roger Subirana Mata – [2008] Point of no return

    Modern classical orchestra music. With electronic effects and beats. Furious rhythmic songs. Calm ballads with vocals. Cannot write. Whole sentences. Sorry. Honestly, composer Roger Subirana has done a great job here. As another reviewer put it: “A Jamendo must-have!”

  • Stay Ali – [2008] If Only Leiner Came Back

    Stay Ali – [2008] If Only Leiner Came Back

    Stay Ali are among of my favourite electronic music artists. They virtuously mix dance music with vintage game console sound (chiptunes). I already wrote a review of Vati Vati EP some years ago, which I prefer as my favourite EP. This release is published at Superbutton, a netlabel that specialisesd in chiptunes and closely related…

  • Various Artists – [2005] Red, Green, Blue & Other Summer Feelings

    Various Artists – [2005] Red, Green, Blue & Other Summer Feelings

    The netlabel Sutemos releases excellent electronic music since 2004. This sampler is the first I stumbled into first. It took me some time to discover the beauty of most songs; it is well hidden from the casual listener by slow and silent composition. It is best heard late in the evening in a thoughtful mood.…

  • William Wilson – [2011] Summer Holidays and Folk Routine EP

    William Wilson – [2011] Summer Holidays and Folk Routine EP

    William Wilson that is easy to listen to, but hard to describe. Take some soft alternative Rock, add small drops of Electro, Jazz, Classic at selected spots. It is released at Lophophora Williams, a young netlabel with five releases since 2010. If you like what you hear here, look into their catalogue!

  • The Easton Ellises – [2011] EP One

    The Easton Ellises – [2011] EP One

    Take 80’s Pop, add New Wave à la Poni Hoax, stir and serve on a dimly lit dance floor. That’s a rough verbal description of the début release of The Easton Ellises at Enough Records. Five distinct songs with catchy riffs and great production are packed into this twenty minute long EP. Read on for…

  • Chamberlain – [2010] Moon In June / Superstition

    Chamberlain – [2010] Moon In June / Superstition

    Chamberlain is alternative rock from Italy with a psychedelic or progressive influence. Guitar soli included. They do good old craft, no heavy effects in post-production. The EP was released Lophora Williams that has published five releases so far, mainly alternative rock. There are reviews in my pipeline for this netlabel. But for now, listen to…

  • Oneiro – [2010] To The Stars

    Oneiro – [2010] To The Stars

    Do you know that kind of music that is repetitive, nearly boring but addictive nevertheless? Oneiro follows this recipe and made me an addict. I would classify this release loosely as indie electronica with shoegaze elements. Another way to describe them: the introvert brothers of MGMT. Anyway, their music is addictive background music for calm…

  • Morgan Sadler – [2011] Go On

    Morgan Sadler – [2011] Go On

    This week’s review is about great pop music. Take a great voice, add piano and guitar, some percussion, mix it and you get this single release from Happy Puppy Records. This release has only two tracks, but both are worth the preview below.

  • Bitbasic – [2010] Pixel Mixel

    Bitbasic – [2010] Pixel Mixel

    bitbasic releases “playful glitchy electronic music” freely. Very kind of him. Pixel Mixel is still his latest album, released 2010 at rec72, a netlabel based in Cologne, Germany. His music hovers between house, instrumental pop and IDM. This album has eleven tracks, some more silent, some are full of beats. Like usual, I present my…

  • Professor Kliq – [2010] Movements EP

    Professor Kliq – [2010] Movements EP

    Professor Kliq is my favourite free dance music composer. Now that his music has made it to Jamendo, whose catalogue now is mirrored on the Internet Archive (yippie!), I’m able to write a proper review for one of his albums here. Movements EP is his roughest album so far, quite similar to Daft Punk vs.…

  • Various Artists – [2011] 7

    Various Artists – [2011] 7

    The netlabel diym specialises in exceptional music of all genres. That includes singer/songwriter, pop-rock, post-rock, but also electronica. They have released seven albums and nine compilations so far. Every release is worth your time. Today I’ll present their seventh compilation, the one that I discovered first.