first-impression by Devin Sarno →
first-impression by Devin Sarno (free download from Absence of Wax)
Pandafuzz.com
"We create and release music for free release online, acting as the digital offshoot of Fuzzy Panda Recording Co."
Lots of nice stuff available for free download here.
"Oh, Most" by Wes Willenbring
"Oh, Most" is a track from Willenbring's forthcoming album Close, But Not Too Close from Hidden Shoal Recordings, and it's available for free download (.zip).
Runs on Codeine by The Sales Department
This came to my inbox sometime last year and I have no idea how I overlooked it until now. At any rate, download the 5 track EP "Runs on Codeine" for free (.zip). It's full of dreamy quiet drones that sound exactly like you'd expect, given its title.
James Devane
Recently received a disc of a net release from James Devane. It's a series of "nine live performance excerpts featuring continuously accumulating loops filtered through different processes."
It's really well done. There's a physical release scheduled for May, 2009. In the meantime, you can download the entire set of .mp3's as a .zip. Stream the tracks below to get a taste.
[audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track01.mp3|titles=Track01.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track02.mp3|titles=Track02.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track03.mp3|titles=Track03.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track04.mp3|titles=Track04.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track05.mp3|titles=Track05.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track06.mp3|titles=Track06.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track07.mp3|titles=Track07.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track08.mp3|titles=Track08.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track09.mp3|titles=Track09.mp3|artists=James Devane]
This Noise Between Us
This Noise Between Us is a Toronto based ambient music project. They've got a bunch of MP3's available for download, some of them quite nice.
East Forest
Some interesting work here from New York based artist Trevor Oswalt. A record of found sound and such titled "The Education Of The Individual Soul" is available for download or streaming.
The email says it's a "forty-five minute uninterrupted sonic voyage down a rabbit hole of jungle monkeys, vintage piano, entheogenic messages, and pulse like beats."
Don't know what all that means, but some of it sounds quite nice. Have a listen!
Free Hidden Shoal Recordings Sampler
A free sampler record is now available for download from the always useful Australian label Hidden Shoal Recordings. It's all quality stuff, and while some of the tracks aren't particularly relevant for a site like this, it's worth the download for the ones that are.
The Ambient Diary
The Ambient Diary is an interesting project from Hungarian sound designer Simon Tibor. You can grab the files from his site, or stream them below. Nice stuff.
[audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Ambient-Diary/mooorph_pattern050306.mp3|titles=Track 1|artists=Simon Tibor] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Ambient-Diary/mooorph_pattern062706.mp3|titles=Track 2|artists=Simon Tibor] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Ambient-Diary/mooorph_studyforharpandbell.mp3|titles=Track 3|artists=Simon Tibor] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Ambient-Diary/mooorph_meditation2.mp3|titles=Track 4|artists=Simon Tibor] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Ambient-Diary/mooorph_tubesofgrace.mp3|titles=Track 5|artists=Simon Tibor] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Ambient-Diary/mooorph_addictedtosound.mp3|titles=Track 6|artists=Simon Tibor] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Ambient-Diary/mooorph_luciddreams.mp3|titles=Track 7|artists=Simon Tibor] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Ambient-Diary/mooorph_subconsciousness_pt1.mp3|titles=Track 8|artists=Simon Tibor] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Ambient-Diary/mooorph_subconsciousness_pt2.mp3|titles=Track 9|artists=Simon Tibor]
One More Cliff Martinez Note
I overlooked a great place to grab Cliff Martinez music the other day when I linked to a few of his soundtracks at Amazon. There's a good amount of freely available tracks at his official site. Have at it!
Music for Airplanes (Ambient for the New Year 2006)
A nice, long piece of music I came across by Marko Ahtisaari, available for free download. Download Music for Airplanes (.mp3).
Stream "Music for Airplanes" by Marko Ahtisaari. [audio:music_for_airplanes.MP3|titles=Music for Airplaines|artists=Marko Ahtisaari]
New Fennesz Track "Saffron Revolution" at Pitchfork
Fennesz has a new track available from his upcoming album Black Sea available for streaming and free download at Pitchfork. In other news, stuff like this is why I don't write about music, I just point to it:
Beginning with some of Fennesz' trademark neo-industrial gurgles, it folds in bits of guitar and strings rather beautifully, creating a cluster of sound that trembles, seeming to wait for something. And that something moves in gradually in the form of a massive cloud of distortion, a fine white mist of harmonics mixed with a dark undercurrent of rumbling bass. The tension between these elements is so well balanced, each individual element remaining in the mix even as the sound field becomes impossibly dense, that it's no surprise that it takes a while to get it just right.
Yow.
The Digital City, Christopher Knight
A nice record here from independent artist Christopher Knight. Stream a few tracks below or grab the entire thing as a free download.
"The Twilight of Dawn" [audio:The+Twilight+of+Dawn.mp3|titles=The Twilight of Dawn|artists=Christorpher Knight]
"Upload" [audio:Upload.mp3|titles=Upload|artists=Christorpher Knight]
Land, Nunc Stans
Free download of Land from Nunc Stans on the ping things label. Long spacey drones, a bit synthy for my taste, but it's free, so decide for yourself.
Via the excellent hiddenplace music.
Ambience by Michael Meara
Some decent tracks available for free download from Michael Meara, especially for those of you into the darker, spacier stuff. The Birth Of Stars On The Edge Of Orion Corvus A Dark Band Of Dust Sedna Lost Transmission Tidal Uncharted Waters Endless Drift Late Narcotic Phase - edit The Motion Of Dark Elysian Waves - edit Particle Warp II Dark Nebulae Organic Fields Mirroring Space & Time The Dark Wings Of Rusalka Revelations Of The Discarnate Within Metal Parasite Chemical Origin Wine Dark Sea Fixing Mercury Dark Descent
maybetheywillsingforustomorrow.com
Hammock has created a site for their record Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow which has links to full .mp3 downloads of tracks. Grab them below, recommended.
gold star mothers
city in the dust on my window
this kind of life keeps breaking your heart
mono no aware
three sisters
maybe they will sing for us tomorrow
elm
razorback drug town
eighty-four thousand hymns
we will say goodbye to everyone
all of your children are addicts
"Miniature 3" by Matthew Cooper (Eluvium)
A free mp3 download from the always great Matthew Cooper is available via Pitchfork. A stream of the track is also available. A vinyl release is scheduled for sometime this month. It's a bit synthy, but definitely what you'd expect from Cooper. Quality stuff.
Download Miniature 3 (mp3).
New Slow Dancing Society Track Free Download
To get you excited about the upcoming release of Slow Dancing Society's album Priest Lake Circa ’88, Hidden Shoal Recordings is offering a track from the album as a free download.
Download A Warm Glow (.zip)
Slumber, Allan Hubbard
Paris, Texas musician Allan Hubbard has a nice set of guitar-based instrumental work available for free download on his site through June. Well worth looking into.
The site is frames-based, so I'll link straight through to the mp3's right here. Mist Twilight Moon Fog Startled Slumber Zeke
And, if you like what you hear, Allan says he's got some new work coming out this month.