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Red blurry desktop wallpapers
A new collection of 5 self-made desktop wallpapers in 1920×1080 (Full HD) resolution. Photos with dominant colour red, cropped and adjusted using GIMP, then heavily blurred. For example, the last image shows a car’s dashboard with illuminated control knobs.
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JT Bruce – [2006] The Dreamer’s Paradox
Powerful instrumental progressive rock. And quite versatile. The 11 tracks of Dreamer’s Paradox contain both epic and silent pieces. All instruments are produces with much attention to detail. The album packed with great guitar riffs, bass lines and drum patterns.
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Graphiqsgroove [2009] – Graphiqsgroove2009
Ok, naming their stuff creatively isn’t one of Graphiqsgroove’s strengths, but after all, their music is what counts. And there, the Japanese nujazz artist doesn’t disappoint. Laid-back instrumental soft beat lounge funk that doesn’t distract is what you can expect from these 9 tracks.
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Nine Inch Nails – [2008] The Slip
Nine Inch Nails is a industrial rock band with experimental touch. This is exactly what I wrote Last year in my review on Ghosts I – IV. While the latter contained 36 improvised tracks, The Slip consists of 10 composed, recorded, and produced tracks. They showcase Trent Reznor’s style that later got featured prominently in…
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Project Channel 2 – [2013] Infamous Trance Impressions – Chapter One
Classic trance with marvellous vocals. The German netlabel Kreislauf publishes electronic dance music. This release contains 13 tracks of dance floor filling, four-on-the-floor beats. No experiments, but the production quality speaks for itself:
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Epic Soul Factory – [2012] Xpansion Edition
Epic soundtracks to unmade movies. Faldrians Feierabend, a weekly music podcast that I enjoy very much, uses this style of music as its intro. Richly orchestrated score music, purely instrumental, creates visions of possible movie scenes that might still be produced… in the meantime, we benefit from great production, solid song writing. It makes great…
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Professor Kliq – [2009] Community Service
Juicy techno with attitude. Triggered by the recent release of his new Teragraph EP, I looked back to my archive and found ten years of and twelve releases by Professor Kliq. Time for another review of one of his classics, one of the releases that made me a fan. It contains his smashing hit Plastic…
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Plaistow – [2008] Do You Feel Lucky?
Airy jazz impro-jam. Three musicians meet in Geneva to create experimental jazz soundscapes. Four of these soundscapes are bundled on Do You Feel Lucky? for us to witness. The recording is executed excellently and bring you very close to the imaginary stage, where the piano/bass/drums trio do their workmagic. Two very different songs are presented…
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Bluebridge Quartet – [2007] Adjusted for Low Noise Tape EP
Friedemann’s Aquamarin Orchestra would be proud. I discovered this release with the morbid joy of a forensic researcher in the remainings of the discontinued Aerotone netlabel (“Ende.“). Abstract instrumental jazzy tunes are floating mid-air in front of your ears. Skillfull compositions (or improvisations?) showcase the saxophone, percussion, bass and guitar that form this marvelous quartet.…
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State Museum of Egyptian Art
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Olympiapark by night wallpapers
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The Rare Plants Garden – [2011] The Rare Plants Garden
Folkish exotica indiepop. Sort of. Meh, this release hates to be squashed into three descriptive words. Are it the skewed notes (like MGMT), the torn vocals (like indie pop sounds today) or the exotic ukulele and beach sounds, that make this task so difficult? I can’t tell. In order not to confuse you too much,…
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The Dada Weatherman – [2008] The Green Waltz
Tender vocals, acoustic guitar. Dada is a talented musician from Paris, gifted with a great voice and sense for the right chords. Equipped with piano, acoustic guitar and occasional percussion, he sings his way through 15 tracks. It seems that he calls himself now Dada & the Weathermen, has released three more acoustic albums on…
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freemusi.cc reaches 20,000 tracks
freemusi.cc, my side project to this blog, is about creating a comprehensive catalogue of noteworthy free music published under Creative Commons licenses and hosted on the Internet Archive. The latter restriction makes it possible that this catalogue can be completely streamed and downloaded. However, music discovery in this database so far was limited by the…
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Various Artists – [2013] Fusion Compilation 8
Experimental Trip hop compilation. From the Fusion netlabel comes this showcase of a sampler. A range of electronic styles are united on this buffet. Expect to get surprised by the slightly experimental tracks. The production is excellent throughout all featured artists. Two tracks that span the spectrum of this release are in the preview below: