Classy trip-hop offering (8/10)
This a classy trip-hop offering. Great female vocals, fine English accent (at least from my non-native perspective), professional production, catchy melodies, dreamy atmosphere. Highly recommended for fans of trip-hop or simply good pop music. The album is available for free under CC licenses on Jamendo. You can also buy a lossless FLAC version on Bandcamp. This release is copyrighted. SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS
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Showing posts with label downtempo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label downtempo. Show all posts
26 January 2016
Karmuazine - "Between the Lines"
Labels:
atmospheric,
calm,
cc-by-nc-sa,
downtempo,
dreamy,
electronic rock,
free,
jamendo,
pop,
relaxing,
trip hop
25 March 2013
Pan:core - "Memories (2001 - 2005)"
Piano + electronica + beautiful melodies (9/10)
More classical album than other Pan:core's recordings. It mostly comprises of simple but beautiful melodies played on piano / keyboard with electronic background. A very melancholic album. And it includes another stunning electronic cover of a classical tune - this time a piece from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons (17 - spaetsommer). Pan:core's covers are masterpieces. As to the rest of the album, it is very good, but I prefer his more electronic and experimental side, as on No Way To Win. He's a true master of this genre. It becomes clear after listening this album to the end, because the last track is completely different from the rest - it's not a simple piano tune, but hard electronic experimental madness. ;-) I instantly felt sorry that not all 18 tracks were in this style. And a final remark - I like both sides of Pan:core - simple piano pieces and experimental electronic madness, so I don't mind mixing them on one album. But I'm afraid that for some listeners, who like only straightforward music, the ending of this album would be unbearable and could ruin all the fun they had from listening to this record. |
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08 March 2013
Abogix (J.K.), the - "Friends"
Work of a genius - a feast for the ears (8/10)
Abogix is a genius. Or he sold his soul to the devil. How else could you explain the fact that this man composes and records three perfect albums in half a year? |
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This record is one of his best. It's a great mixture of electronica, rock, jazz, even some traces of industrial. All is perfectly blended and flawlessly produced. It's simply a true feast for the ears. The music is beautiful, intelligent, original, surprising - everything is perfect on this album. I have only two complaints: first of all - IT'S TOO SHORT!!!!! ;-). And secondly, I don't like long tracks. And this one could have been cut very easily, as it comprises of several different tunes. Of course I don't mean putting silence between them - they are perfectly combined and it is great, but each tune could be just put in his own track. It would be easy to find one's favourite part, repeat them, compare different melodies and so on. Oh, and I love the cover - very funny and perfectly corresponds with the mood of this album. But this is also usual with Abogix - covers of his albums are always great. PS. Why on earth I wrote all the above? I could just write: "Just another album from Abogix." and everything would be perfectly clear. ;-) |
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Labels:
cc-nc-s+,
diverse,
downtempo,
electronica,
free,
instrumental,
instrumental rock,
jamendo,
nu jazz,
rock
06 March 2013
Akusto, Ben - "Disturbance"
Great electronica (9/10)
It's not pure ambient. At least it's not so simple and quiet as typical ambient tunes are. Nevertheless it's a very very good album. It's not rusty at all, but colorful and brilliant. [mirror @ archive.org] | [Artist's Website] | [Myspace] SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS
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Labels:
ambient,
breakbeat,
cc-by-nc-sa,
dark ambient,
disturbing,
diverse,
downtempo,
electronica,
experimental,
free,
instrumental,
jamendo,
techno
07 January 2013
Abogix (J.K.), the - "Welcome in my dreams!"
Just Abogix (8/10)
Just Abogix. Anybody need more recommendations? For those who didn't listen to his other albums yet: electronic sounds arranged with talent. Very atmospheric tunes. However, I must say I prefer his darker compositions. "Tales of mystery and imagination" are the best.
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04 January 2013
Abogix (J.K.), the - "Fantasmagoria"
Good psychedelic electronica (8/10)
Abogix doesn't drop below a certain level (a very high level for many others). However, I consider this album to be weaker than "Tales of mystery and imagination" and "Signs". I don't know why... Maybe there are too many elements that distract you and you cannot simply drift with a melody. Or maybe some of these elements just don't fit...? But still - 8 points. And of course I still recommend it to all fans of intelligent electronic music.
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08 October 2012
Abogix (J.K.), the - "George Bush's great adventure between war and horror"
Great electronic tunes with unnecessary speeches (7/10)
I love the melodies on this album. What a pity they are spoiled by mumbling of that moron George of the Jungle. All these speeches are completely unnecessary and spoil all the fun one could have from listening to this album. I understand the reason for that, but it just doesn't appeal to me. If I was keen on GWB or just wanted to listen to talking heads, I would turn the TV on. But I wanted to listen to beautiful music. So my rating is 7, while it could have been 10.
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Labels:
ambient,
cc-nc-s+,
didgeridoo,
downtempo,
electronica,
experimental,
free,
jamendo,
nu jazz
28 September 2012
Various Artists - "Fonoteka 7 (Remixed)"
A quality compilation from a Polish retro netlabel (7/10)
This is a quality compilation of contemporary club music: from electronica and nu jazz through hip hop to disco, all with a nice retro feeling, typical for productions coming from Estrada Nagrania netlabel. The retro feeling is strengthened through masterful mixing, blending modern tunes with sampled fragments of Polish radio programmes from the 1970s - often to very funny and surreal effects.
Only several of these tracks suit my personal taste, hence the rating of "7". However, trying to adopt a more objective view, I have to admit all of this material is top class and should satisfy a more club-music-oriented listener. And for people longing for "good old times", ready for a nostalgic time travel back to '70s - this should be a masterpiece. If somebody is interested in my choice, here is the list of my favorites: 04 - Symbiotic Sounds - 1987 08 - 2 Pac - Thug Style (produced by ylaib) 15 - Printempo - Szarosc poniedzialkowego popoludnia 17 - Ortalio - Cynematyka 19 - Graf Cratedigger - Lotniskowiec 21 - Sawersky - Spectral Type 1 22 - Synnc - Nights Of course, the clear winner is the one and only Printempo, whose new track is equally fabulous to the material from the debut album of this act, which I reviewed earlier. The album has been released by the Estrada Nagrania netlabel and you can download it for free in mp3 format. The lossless version is available in the netlabel's Bandcamp store under the "name your price" scheme. You can also listen to the full album online on Bandcamp. Of course, if you like this album and you intend to keep it, I encourage you to make a donation (purchase) through Bandcamp, even if you need only a free mp3 version. After all, "name your price" means any amount you can afford. PLEASE SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS. |
03 September 2012
Akusto, Ben - "TeddyBear Trilogee"
Very good album (8/10)
Very good album. Interesting electronic tunes plus one of the funniest parodies I've ever heard (07 - Sick Ted). It's completely crazy and I love it. [mirror @ archive.org] | [Artist's Website] | [Myspace] SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS
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Labels:
breakbeat,
cc-by-nc-sa,
downtempo,
electronica,
free,
funny,
instrumental,
jamendo,
parody
31 August 2012
DJ Blackwidow - "North Star"
Very good, creative electronica (9/10)
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Straightforward electronica of superb quality. Calm downtempo tunes sit next door to nu jazz flavored tracks, followed by disturbing sounds of breakbeat. Despite the diversity of used styles and techniques, all these songs have one thing in common - the highest quality. Pure pleasure for ears - do not miss this one!
[mirror @ archive.org] | [Myspace]
[mirror @ archive.org] | [Myspace]
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Labels:
breakbeat,
calm,
cc-by-nc-sa,
diverse,
downtempo,
electronica,
free,
house,
instrumental,
jamendo,
nu jazz,
techno
16 January 2012
DJ Blackwidow - "Lucid Dreams"
Good electronica/techno (7/10)
Good electronica/techno album. Some tracks are better, some are only good - overall, a nice recording, worth recommending. [Artist's Myspace] |
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downtempo,
electronica,
ethnic electronica,
free,
instrumental,
jamendo,
techno
30 December 2011
Various Artists - "Feu‘netik Sampler"
Very good drum & bass compilation (8/10)
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With our first release we open the floodgates and fill up your ears to the brim with a vivid variety of music in order to let it be heard in the way it's meant to be: totally free of charge and as individual as those who produced it. Whether it's intricate electro, smooth breakbeats, fresh hip-hop or relaxed ambient - a personal note always goes hand in hand with the musical ones. The phonetik fellas team up with the long-legged lady to define what a colourful and interesting compilation can be. And what it should be. :)
iDEOLOGY has entered the building. Leech on!
Very good compilation of independent electronic music. This is the first release of the netlabel iD.EOLOGY and right from the start they set the bar very high. The album is oriented mainly on (but not limited to) drum & bass. Some elements of breakbeat, nu jazz and downtempo can be easily found too, making the record more diverse and interesting. There is only a one flaw - a very unfortunate hip-hop song "Late At Night" by Broke Gringos. Not only it does not fit here stylistically, but what worse it is simply bland and boring. All the others are top quality, so if you like intelligent electronic music, do not hesitate to check it out.
The album has been released by the iD.EOLOGY netlabel and is available for downloading at the netlabel's website in mp3 and ogg formats. It has been released under a specific Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives license described here.
The album has been released by the iD.EOLOGY netlabel and is available for downloading at the netlabel's website in mp3 and ogg formats. It has been released under a specific Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives license described here.
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Labels:
breakbeat,
compilation,
downtempo,
drum and bass,
electronica,
free,
hip hop,
iD.EOLOGY,
nu jazz,
rap
15 December 2011
Printempo - "Printempo"
A masterpiece from a very strange netlabel (10/10)
Estrada Nagrania, the netlabel that released this album is very mysterious, indeed. They do not have a regular website. They use a blog instead, where they publish not only their releases, but also Polish videoclips and articles on music from the 70-ties. The blog's design is stylized to resemble Polish record companies from that period. If only Internet existed in the 70-ties, one could think this is an archival website, not updated for the last 30 years. Very well done indeed - browsing their blog you feel almost like a time traveler.
Previously Estrada Nagrania released only top quality compilation albums of Polish music from the 70-ties. So this album is not only Printempo's debut, but also the netlabel's first contemporary music release. Now to the point. This album contains instrumental downtempo / nu jazz. And the execution is just superb! If only you like the genre, this is simply a must-have. It sounds natural, with a classy lo-fi tint here and there. All instruments sound like... instruments, not cheap artificial samples. The melodies are interesting, there is a perfect chillout atmosphere. Someone in the other review compared it to Bonobo and this is a very accurate comparison. Not exactly because of Printempo's derivativeness, but because of top quality of this music. Get it ASAP! The album has been released by the Estrada Nagrania netlabel and you can download it from the netlabel's Bandcamp store for PLN 15 (~EUR 3) in a variety of formats, including a FLAC version. You can also listen to the full album before making a purchasing decision. Please note, however, that Bandcamp release has been probably made from mp3 files (at least according to AuCDtect). Because Bandcamp requires sending them lossless material, the result is that when downloading mp3 version you end up with files that have been recoded into mp3 twice! Do I have to say what influence should it have on the quality of the music? So if you are going to buy this release, I recommend downloading and keeping a FLAC version - bearing in mind, however, that this is not true lossless, because the files are made from the mp3 source. |
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Labels:
bandcamp,
downtempo,
electronica,
Estrada Nagrania,
flac,
instrumental,
netlabels,
non-free,
nu jazz
09 December 2011
DJ Blackwidow - "Cosmic Spirit: The Best of DJ Blackwidow"
The Best Of... indeed (10/10)
It's really the best of. The best mixture of various kinds of intelligent electronica, but mostly downtempo with strong ethnic/world influences. Check it out. [Artist's Myspace] |
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Labels:
ambient,
cc-by-nc-sa,
downtempo,
dubstep,
electronica,
ethnic electronica,
free,
jamendo,
techno,
world
25 November 2011
FusionArt - "Details"
Very good trip hop (8/10)
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Rather calm electronica with instrumental part based mainly on breakbeat with some traces of dubstep and downtempo. The half of the album includes female vocals, adding to the dreamy atmosphere and justifying placing this work under trip hop label. Highly recommended to fans of intelligent calm electronica.
The album has been released by the Absys Records netlabel and is available for downloading at the netlabel's website in mp3 format.
The album has been released by the Absys Records netlabel and is available for downloading at the netlabel's website in mp3 format.
Labels:
Absys Records,
breakbeat,
calm,
cc-by-nd,
downtempo,
dreamy,
dubstep,
electronica,
free,
instrumental,
netlabels,
trip hop
24 November 2011
Laufer, Daniel - "In Between" [EP]
Very good electronica (7/10)
Very good electronica - nice melodies, good sounds. The only thing I don't like is track no. 6 "Shadows Of The Past". The singing is very very weak, with a terrible accent. I would recommend the author limit himself to instrumental music or hire a different singer. If you like trip-hop and/or downtempo - check it out. You can also obtain a lossless FLAC version of this album from Bandcamp for as low as 4 euros. [Artist's website] |
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downtempo,
electronica,
flac,
free,
instrumental,
jamendo,
trip hop
21 November 2011
Various Artists - "The WIRED CD Rip. Sample. Mash. Share"
Very good compilation (8/10)
This is a very good compilation from the variety of artists, some of which are well-known, like Beastie Boys or David Byrne. The compilation is very diverse stylistically, ranging from hip-hop, r&b and latino through rock to electronica. Most of the tracks are really good - I didn't like only 4 tracks out of 13, so it's a quite nice ratio. Be sure to check it out! The fact that some famous artists support the CC licensing mode deserves the highest praise on its own, of course, and makes it a very important work just because of that. By the way, visit the official website for three more tracks not included on the Jamendo edition. |
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08 November 2011
SaReGaMa - "Three 4 Ten" [SP]
Perfect (10/10)
Perfect mixture of ambient/downtempo with nujazz and world music. It's very short one-track-album, but the tune is so great, you can loop it and listen for hours without getting bored. You can also obtain a lossless FLAC versionof this album from the artist's website for a small donation. [Artist's website] |
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Labels:
cc-nc-s+,
downtempo,
electronica,
ethnic electronica,
ethnic jazz,
flac,
free,
instrumental,
jamendo,
lossless,
nu jazz,
saxophone,
world
04 May 2011
Triplexity - "Between Light And Shadow"
The ultimate nu jazz masterpiece (10/10)
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The ultimate nu jazz masterpiece.
The three geniuses just formed one Supergenius, the omnipotent musical Godzilla. This monster destroys competitors with his sound superpower. Creators of bad music run for their lives, while evil corporations, who think anyone not buying Britney Spears' records is a thief robbing them of THEIR copyright money, shriek in horror and disbelief.
Any of the powerful members of the Trinity does not "appear courtesy of His Kindness The Owner Of The Copyright who in his infinite generosity and wisdom allows the poor artist to create and collaborate". These musical terrorists have chosen not to become slaves. What politically incorrect behaviour!
This barbarous three-headed monstrosity is so shameless as to offer the lossless DRM-free version of this masterpiece on its website for a lousy Paypal donation!
I WARN YOU! Anyone helping Supergenius wreaking havoc on the music industry and on our western culture and 2000-years-old civilization by buying this album can be sued by RIAA on charges of "music theft", because all this money should be spent on Justin Timberlake instead! Remember! Buying independent DRM-free music on the Internet is illegal, unmoral and will be prosecuted with any and all legal measures available.
The three geniuses just formed one Supergenius, the omnipotent musical Godzilla. This monster destroys competitors with his sound superpower. Creators of bad music run for their lives, while evil corporations, who think anyone not buying Britney Spears' records is a thief robbing them of THEIR copyright money, shriek in horror and disbelief.
Any of the powerful members of the Trinity does not "appear courtesy of His Kindness The Owner Of The Copyright who in his infinite generosity and wisdom allows the poor artist to create and collaborate". These musical terrorists have chosen not to become slaves. What politically incorrect behaviour!
This barbarous three-headed monstrosity is so shameless as to offer the lossless DRM-free version of this masterpiece on its website for a lousy Paypal donation!
I WARN YOU! Anyone helping Supergenius wreaking havoc on the music industry and on our western culture and 2000-years-old civilization by buying this album can be sued by RIAA on charges of "music theft", because all this money should be spent on Justin Timberlake instead! Remember! Buying independent DRM-free music on the Internet is illegal, unmoral and will be prosecuted with any and all legal measures available.
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electronica,
flac,
free,
jamendo,
lossless,
nu jazz,
saxophone
27 April 2011
SaReGaMa - "4 Elements, the"
Instant classic (10/10)
A masterpiece of ambient/downtempo electronica mixed with world music and rock. Absolutely essential for every fan of intelligent music. You can also obtain a lossless FLAC versionof this album from the artist's website for a small donation. |
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Labels:
ambient,
atmospheric,
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downtempo,
electronica,
ethnic electronica,
flac,
free,
instrumental,
jamendo,
lossless,
nu jazz,
world
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