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Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike in different versions (1.0, 2.0,2.5, 3.0, 4.0)

It allows sharing (copy and redistribute) and adapting (remix, transform and building upon) the material (music), in any medium or format under three conditions: Attribution (name and link to the creator and license), NonCommercial (no revenue must be gained from sharing or adapting) and ShareAlike (if you build upon the work, you must re-distribute it under the same license).


  • Superspink – [2010] Elements

    Superspink – [2010] Elements

    Chiptunes meets techno rock. 8 bit nostalgia goes dance floor, but so well. Conventional beats, fat bass lines are juiced up for an elementary experience. The four greek elements plus void make five tracks, each different but all together danceable. Thanks go to the Japanese netlabel Bumb Foot that has been publishing great electronic for…

  • Silence is Sexy – [2007] Everything You Should Know

    Silence is Sexy – [2007] Everything You Should Know

    Rock-solid indie pop rock. Walls of guitars, neatly arranged by the Dutch band Silence Is Sexy. While the twelve tracks of this release are too similar for my taste, this alone is no reason to not like its outstanding tracks. For me, this album is perfect background music for not-so-quiet moments.

  • Anamanaguchi – [2010] Power Supply

    Anamanaguchi – [2010] Power Supply

    Yummy chiptunes from New York! Powerful beats, juicy chords and lovely melody lines show what sound can be made from those old 8 bit sound chips from vintage computers and consoles. Seven very different tracks make this one of the few chiptune releases that I like to hear from start to finish without getting bored.…

  • Jonathan Dimmel – [2009] Closer at the start

    Jonathan Dimmel – [2009] Closer at the start

    Adorable piano pop rock, featuring a great lead singer. I can’t claim much credit for finding this artist: Jamendo already featured him on their homepage, where I also stumbled upon him. This seven track release is a great soundtrack for everyday. During the morning commute, writing a music review, or simply chilling.

  • Paolo Pavan – [2009] Looking for a Way Out

    Paolo Pavan – [2009] Looking for a Way Out

    This album comprises 6 slow and mellow jazz tracks by the Italian artist Paolo Pavan. The jazz combo consists of tenor saxophone, drums, bass and piano. This release is on the edge of smooth jazz and fusion, i.e. it can’t decide whether you sit in a smoky bar after your third bourbon or are at…

  • Various Artists – [2011] SOUNDSHOCK: FM FUNK MADDNESS!!

    Various Artists – [2011] SOUNDSHOCK: FM FUNK MADDNESS!!

    What happens if you let chiptune artists create Funk music? This compilation, I would say. Stuffed with citations from classic video games, this 18 track long release well states that chiptune music has evolved much since its initial days. Too broad is the span of music styles, so that the two presented tracks are only…

  • Leslie Hunt – [2009] Your Hair is on Fire

    Leslie Hunt – [2009] Your Hair is on Fire

    Pop rock with intense female vocals. Upbeat songs, piano ballads. Rock band and orchestral background fillings. All that and great lyrics. Simply wow. Thank you, Leslis Hunt. If you like this album that she released on Jamendo in 2009, you can buy her latest release directly on her homepage (or in iTunes).

  • Filthy Kicks – [2009] Dirty Little Secret

    Filthy Kicks – [2009] Dirty Little Secret

    Filthy Kicks is a music producer from London, teasing us with this gem. Is it a concept album? Yes, oriental influences. Is it dance music? Absolutely. Await to be blown away by this blend of drum & bass, dubstep, orchestral sounds and a voice… what a voice!

  • Various Artists – [2012] Star-Cake

    Various Artists – [2012] Star-Cake

    I follow the netlabel Starquake since its first furious début compilation Quaking Stars about one year ago. Since then, they constantly delivered high quality, hard and edgy electronic dance music . In this review, I describe my favourite tracks from their anniversary release Star-Cake.

  • Obsidian Shell – [2011] Evershade

    Obsidian Shell – [2011] Evershade

    Sounds like Nightwish, but less cheesy. This could be the end of this review, but I am used to write more than one sentence. Obsidian Shell are one of the best bands on Jamendo, with an impressive series of five releases ranging from 2009 to 2012. For those of you who don’t know Nigthwish: Obsidian…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • Nine Inch Nails – [2008] Ghosts I – IV

    Nine Inch Nails – [2008] Ghosts I – IV

    Nine Inch Nails is a industrial rock band with experimental touch. Experimental not only in the musical sense, but also in that they try out new forms of music distribution like giving it away for free. Ghosts I-IV is an improvised 36 track album with anonymous tracks, only grouped in “Ghosts I” to “Ghosts IV”.…