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Sunday, June 27, 2010

Black Mountain Transmitter - Theory & Practice


BLACK MOUNTAIN TRANSMITTER
Theory & Practice
2010
Lysergic Earwax
[drone, electronic, experimental]

MF (74 MB)

Blank Realm - The Returner


BLANK REALM
The Returner
2008
Not Not Fun
[noise rock, experimental rock, drone]

MF (98 MB)

Last track is really good.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Sleep ∞ Over - Sleep ∞ Over


SLEEP ∞ OVER
Sleep ∞ Over
2010
Night People
[dream pop, experimental]

MF (28 MB, rip: UAX)

First release by this dream pop trio. Wonderfully nice little C20, I can't wait to hear more from this band. Copies still available at Night People I think, go get yours here before they run out.

Xiphiidae - Slowing Atrium


XIPHIIDAE
Slowing Atrium
2010
House Of Sun
[drone, ambient, experimental]

MF (32 MB, rip: UAX)

Of the Xiphiidae tapes I've heard, this one probably ranks as my favourite. Bound to make my year-end list.

Gasoline Gathers Hands, Gathers Friends - Tail Light Fever Forever


GASOLINE GATHERS HANDS, GATHERS FRIENDS
Tail Light Fever Forever
2010
House Of Sun
[drone, experimental]

MF (44 MB, rip: UAX)

Ophibre/Dry Valleys - Ophibre/Dry Valleys


OPHIBRE/DRY VALLEYS
Ophibre/Dry Valleys
2010
Sacred Phrases
[drone, experimental]

MF (98 MB, rip: UAX)

Earth Station - Control Belief


EARTH STATION
Control Belief
2009
Night People
[drone, experimental]

MF (39 MB, rip: UAX)

Sean McCann/Greg Matana - Fair Beginnings


SEAN MCCANN/GREG MATANA
Fair Beginnings
2009
Anathema Sound
[ambient, drone]

MF (56 MB)

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Pandit Pran Nath - Raga Yaman Kalyan/Raga Punjabi Berva


PANDIT PRAN NATH
Raga Yaman Kalyan/Raga Punjabi Berva
1971
Shandar
[hindustani classical music, drone]

MF (71 MB)

Pandit Pran Nath - Midnight: Raga Malkauns


PANDIT PRAN NATH
Midnight: Raga Malkauns
2002
Just Dreams
[hindustani classical music, drone]

Part 1: MF (150 MB)
Part 2: MF (77 MB)

Pandit Pran Nath - Ragas Of Morning & Night


PANDIT PRAN NATH
Ragas Of Morning & Night
1968 (released 1986)
Gramavision
[hindustani classical music, drone]

MF (89 MB)

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - No Words


DEAD LETTERS SPELL OUT DEAD WORDS
No Words
2010
Land Of Decay
[ambient, drone]

MF (86 MB, rip: UAX)

Great tape. Buy here.

"V" - We Are Crossing Fences Through Rocky Fields


"V"
We Are Crossing Fences Through Rocky Fields
2008
Housecraft
[ambient, experimental]

MF (84 MB)

Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr der tollwütigen Bestie


DARK TRIBE
In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr der tollwütigen Bestie
2004
Fog Of The Apocalypse/Black Hate
[black metal]

MF (82 MB)

There's something about this record that I find unintionally humourous. It almost sounds to me like the band doesn't really have any idea what they're doing (in the black metal realm at least), but because they're trying so ridiculously hard the end result somehow succeeds in shining through.

Disembowelment - Transcendence Into The Peripheral


DISEMBOWELMENT
Transcendence Into The Peripheral
1993
Nuclear Blast/Relapse
[death doom metal]

MF (133 MB)

Brutal Aussie death doom.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Pan Sonic - Kesto (234.48:4)


PAN SONIC
Kesto (234.48:4)
2004
Blast First
[power noise, ambient, drone, experimental]

Disc 1: MF (93 MB)
Disc 2: MF (86 MB)
Disc 3: MF (108 MB)
Disc 4: MF (87 MB)

Four hours of music from Finland's very own Pan Sonic, the sprawling Kesto (234.48:4) is arguably the duo's masterpiece. Odd then, perhaps, that it ever remains out of print. (You can, however, get yourself a new copy for a mere $183.71 on Amazon. Bargain!). Here Pan Sonic visit just about every corner of their sound imaginable, from the relatively short bursts of ultra-harsh rave techno that make up the first disc, to the more familiar IDM/techno material of disc two (think previous efforts like Kulma and Aaltopiiri), to the longer, more quiet sine-based pieces on disc three (Sachiko M comes to mind, although not quite as bad) and finally to the single-track, hour-long metallic drone-piece that fills up the entire last disc. You probably don't want to go through all of this in one sitting, but if you persist you're bound to find something to love as well as something to hate.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Raccoo-oo-oon - Behold Secret Kingdom


RACCOO-OO-OON
Behold Secret Kingdom
2007
Not Not Fun/Night People
[noise rock, psychedelic rock, experimental]

MF (68 MB)

Thoughts On Air/Xiphiidae - Thoughts On Air/Xiphiidae


THOUGHTS ON AIR/XIPHIIDAE
Thoughts On Air/Xiphiidae
2009
Cloud Valley
[drone, ambient, experimental]

MF (45 MB)

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Black Eagle Child/Thoughts On Air - Black Eagle Child/Thoughts On Air


BLACK EAGLE CHILD/THOUGHTS ON AIR
Black Eagle Child/Thoughts On Air
2010
Anathema Sound
[drone, experimental folk, ambient]

MF (67 MB)

I always enjoy BEC's stuff, but the real gem here is the almost achingly beautiful Thoughts On Air side. Ambient bliss.

EDIT: Reposted here.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Chrome Wings - Time Patterns


CHROME WINGS
Time Patterns
2010
Stunned
[experimental]

MF (59 MB, rip: UAX)

Archers By The Sea - Sometimes We Should Dance


ARCHERS BY THE SEA
Sometimes We Should Dance
2010
Stunned
[psychedelic folk, experimental, ambient]

MF (94 MB, rip: UAX)

Xiphiidae - Iiustus


XIPHIIDAE
Iiustus
2010
Stunned
[field recordings, ambient]

MF (173 MB, rip: UAX)

Xiphiidae - Transresonance Formation


XIPHIIDAE
Transresonance Formation
2009
Stunned
[ambient, drone, noise]

MF (48 MB, rip: UAX)

Originally released in 2009, but reissued for the recent Xiphiidae Stunned 2xCS, which also included the lengthy Iiustus tape (see above).

Duck Dive/Edibles - Duck Dive/Edibles


DUCK DIVE/EDIBLES
Duck Dive/Edibles
2010
Stunned
[ambient, electronic, dub, experimental]

MF (85 MB, rip: UAX)

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Channeling Jacques Grange

By Erin Ferucci
Celebrity Lifestyle Designer

This week I've found myself having a mental love affair with the interior design sense of Jacques Grange. Perhaps it is just a longing for Paris in late spring... Or a craving for clean lines...with layered design elements. Maybe it's a romantic notion to get away from it all in a delightfully chic Portuguese cabin in the mountains above the sea. Does it matter? I just want to step into these pictures! Here's to channeling Jacques Grange.

Photos by: Cote Sud




Celebrity Lifestyle Designer Erin Ferucci is the owner and creator of EFerucci Designs with Design Studios located at 1636 Abbot Kinney; Venice, CA 90291 (310) 745-1300. Follow Erin on Twitter.