Tatzelwurm - Stifle Mystic Punks

TATZELWURM

Stifle Mystic Punks

2010

self-released

[experimental rock, drone, improv]

MF (101 MB, rip: UAX)

This is a collection/sound collage of recordings made between 2005 and today. There's a bit of both Fahey-ian and punk-y aesthetics to be found, but the two quieter, drawn out pieces (both 14+ mins, thus making up about two thirds of this) caught my attention, in particular the soothing drones found of "Self Anthology". To get yourself a copy go here.

Ignatz - II

IGNATZ

II

2007

(K-RAA-K)³

[experimental folk, experimental blues]

MF (61 MB)

One of my favourite discoveries from the past months.

Pine Smoke Lodge - El Ahrairah

PINE SMOKE LODGE

El Ahrairah

2010

Sweat Lodge Guru

[drone, experimental]

MF (132 MB, rip: UAX)

Derek Rogers/Sparkling Wide Pressure - Minor Phase Patterns 3"

DEREK ROGERS / SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE

Minor Phase Patterns 3"

2010

Kimberly Dawn

[drone, ambient]

MF (29 MB)

Second Family Band - Veiled Gallery

SECOND FAMILY BAND

Veiled Gallery

2010

Brave Mysteries

[experimental folk, lo-fi]

MF (83 MB, rip: UAX)

Body Collector - New Eden

BODY COLLECTOR

New Eden

2010

Brave Mysteries

[noise]

MF (59 MB, rip: UAX)

Re-ripped tapes

I've re-ripped and re-uploaded a bunch of tapes, usually because the original rips (most of them not mine) were inferior. All are 320 kbps, with tracks separated.

Added 26.07.10:

Concessionaires - Skyline

Granitkorridor - V

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Thoughts On Air - Mallo Yallo

Added 17.07.10:

Gnod - The Crystal Pagoda

Cloaked Light - A Passing Through

Duck Dive/Edibles - Duck Dive/Edibles

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Queen Victoria - There Will Come Soft Rains

Word Wood Salad - The Scuba Tape

Sleep ∞ Over - Sleep ∞ Over

Archers By The Sea - Sometimes We Should Dance

Chrome Wings - Time Patterns

J. Hanson - Blood Orange

Knit Prism - Orbs

Sean McCann - Continent

Sean McCann - Lower Decks

Video: Altaar - Dødsønske

Holy Strays - Hyperion

HOLY STRAYS

Hyperion

2010

Not Not Fun

[krautrock, experimental]

MF (61 MB, rip: UAX)

First release by one Sebastien Forrester, a native of Paris (I think). This tape is just a lot of fun. Krautrock jams with sonic sprinkles on top. Still available from NNF, so get yourself a copy here.

Granitkorridor - V

GRANITKORRIDOR

V

2010

Stunned

[drone, experimental]

MF (113 MB, rip: UAX)

Roped Off - Blows Glass In Space/Discovers A New Angle

ROPED OFF

Blows Glass In Space/Discovers A New Angle

2010

Stunned

[drone, noise]

MF (79 MB, rip: UAX)

Jeremy Kelly - It Sounds Different In The Dark

JEREMY KELLY

It Sounds Different In The Dark

2010

Stunned

[drone, noise]

MF (61 MB, rip: UAX)

Alberorovesciato - Crown, Mineral & Sacred Well (The Skorpio Tape)

ALBEROROVESCIATO

Crown, Mineral & Sacred Well (The Skorpio Tape)

2010

Stunned

[free improv, noise]

MF (60 MB, rip: UAX)

Malibu Wands - Raw Dagger

MALIBU WANDS

Raw Dagger

2010

Bathetic

[noise, drone]

MF (41 MB)

Much better than Crafting! In fact I'm liking this a whole lot. Copies still available here.

Video: Thoughts On Air - Psalmic

Video: Sundrips - Basejumping

Sundrips - Basejumping At Cliff Clavin

SUNDRIPS

Basejumping At Cliff Clavin

2010

Fadeaway Tapes

[drone, ambient, electronic]

MF (36 MB, rip: UAX)

Really beginning to like this duo. Especially the tape Dial Square put out earlier this summer (Slow Futures). They just put out these two short and super-limited tapes on their own label. This one appears to be my favourite thus far. I don't know if they have any copies left, but give it a try here.

Sundrips - Hidden Dimensions

SUNDRIPS

Hidden Dimensions

2010

Fadeaway Tapes

[drone, ambient, electronic]

MF (60 MB, rip: UAX)

These Wonderful Evils - Cerro Rico

THESE WONDERFUL EVILS

Cerro Rico

2010

Sweat Lodge Guru

[experimental, field recordings]

MF (119 MB, rip: UAX)

EDIT: Link removed after request from the artist.

This and other TWE releases can be downloaded for free at the artist's bandcamp site. Check it out here.

A.M. Shiner/Musculus - A.M. Radio/Microfiche

A.M. SHINER / MUSCULUS

A.M. Radio/Microfiche

2010

Stunned

[experimental]

MF (128 MB, rip: UAX)

Burial Hex - Fantasma Di Perarolo

BURIAL HEX

Fantasma Di Perarolo

2010

Brave Mysteries

[drone, classical organ music]

MF (107 MB, rip: UAX)

This is taken from a performance of a pipe organ sonata recorded at the San Nicolò church in Perarolo di Cadore, Italia. It was performed on the church's eighteenth century pipe organ. This is a 50-or-so-minute excerpt.

Malibu Wands - Crafting

MALIBU WANDS

Crafting

2010

Dial Square Tapes

[noise]

MF (43 MB, rip: UAX)

Noise stuff. You probably know what to expect.

Sparkling Wide Pressure - Nowhere Time/Cruising Reflections

SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE

Nowhere Time/Cruising Reflections

2010

Sweat Lodge Guru

[psychedelic rock, drone, experimental]

MF (91 MB, rip: UAX)

This is good. Hard to classify, but really good.

Queen Victoria - Auld Lang Syne 7"

QUEEN VICTORIA

Auld Lang Syne 7"

2010

Abaddon

[experimental rock, avant folk]

MF (28 MB, rip: UAX)

Following hot on the heels of this year's excellent There Will Come Soft Rains tape (released by Stunned Records), Queen Victoria's Nick Malkin unleashes yet another winner. This seven inch, recorded some time ago but only now officially released through Abaddon Records, sports less of the more experimental drone parts found scattered around on Soft Rains, leaving the listener with three relatively straightforward songs. The A side and title track is the obvious high point here, quietly (and sort of optimistically) trotting along before finally bursting into life at around the five-and-a-half minute mark, with a restrained but very effective guitar solo. Two shorter and more sombre tracks fill up the B side, both highly listenable. As far as I know this one has not yet sold out, so I hope whoever likes this opts to support the artist by buying a copy. You can get it here (contact the label as it does not appear to be listed on the site).

Blood On Tape - The Terror Of Solitudes

BLOOD ON TAPE

The Terror Of Solitudes

2010

Stunned

[drone, experimental]

MF (67 MB, rip: UAX)

Part of the new batch of tapes put out by Stunned this month, which unsurprisingly sold out within mere days. This one is probably my favourite so far. Really good, as you would (or should) expect from anything Stunned.

Plante - Temples On High

PLANTE

Temples On High

2010

Sweat Lodge Guru

[drone]

MF (68 MB, rip: UAX)

This one is part of another brilliant first batch, from a new label called Sweat Lodge Guru. You can get this one and the others here, but this time you really need to hurry up because it looks like they're all about to go.

Kinit Her - Divine Names

KINIT HER

Divine Names

2010

Brave Mysteries

[experimental folk]

MF (55 MB, rip: UAX)

This one is part of the very first batch of tapes put out by Brave Mysteries. Expecting great things from this label, judging from the brilliant first batch. This one is quite bizarre and hard to classify. "Occult folk", perhaps? You be the judge. Buy this and the rest here, just make sure you do it before they sell out.

Utarm/Sadness Saturn - Utarm/Sadness Saturn

UTARM/SADNESS SATURN

Utarm/Sadness Saturn

2009

Chrysalis Of Matter

[black metal, experimental]

MF (56 MB)

Concessionaires - Skyline

CONCESSIONAIRES

Skyline

2010

Gift Tapes

[drone, electronic, experimental]

MF (73 MB, rip: UAX)

One of the best tapes this year. Beautiful soundscapes. Get it here.

oOoOO/Sleep ∞ Over/Terminal Twilight/S U R V I V E - Dark As Night

oOoOO / SLEEP ∞ OVER / TERMINAL TWILIGHT / S U R V I V E

Dark As Night

2010

Bathetic

[experimental rock, dream pop, lo-fi, electronic, synth pop, ambient, drone]

MF (72 MB)

Lots of different stuff on here, but somehow they make it work as one unified record.

V-kaos - Demo II

V-KAOS

Demo II

2008

Skull Productions

[black metal, dark ambient]

MF (65 MB)

Fairly disturbing one-woman ambient black metal band. Quite soothing, but probably not something you want to fall asleep to.

Thoughts On Air - Mallo Yallo

THOUGHTS ON AIR

Mallo Yallo

2010

Cloud Valley

[ambient, drone, experimental]

MF (186 MB, rip: UAX)

Thoughts On Air - Psongs Volume 2

THOUGHTS ON AIR

Psongs Volume 2

2010

self-released

[ambient, drone, experimental]

MF (20 MB, rip: UAX)

Sean McCann - Fountains

SEAN MCCANN

Fountains

2010

Roll Over Rover

[ambient, drone]

Part 1: MF (117 MB, rip: UAX)

Part 2: MF (97 MB, rip: UAX)

Sean McCann - Mammoth Mountain

SEAN MCCANN

Mammoth Mountain

2010

Roll Over Rover

[experimental folk, drone]

MF (38 MB, rip: UAX)

Not your typical McCann release, this. All-acoustic and recorded on a 4-track while on vacation. Sax, viola and violin. Limited to 20 copies only.

Keith Fullerton Whitman - Generator

KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN

Generator

2010

Root Strata

[electronic, experimental]

MF (111 MB)

Bit of a headfuck, this one. Quoting the label: "Automatic" analog electronic suite from KFW yielding a holographic tapestry of stereo pings amplified into op-art hallucinations. Collisions of woozy high-end & bubbly low pass mutate & multiply to dazzling effect.

Expo 70 - The Vanishing World Within

EXPO 70

The Vanishing World Within

2010

Solid Melts

[electronic, drone, space rock]

MF (91 MB)

Keith Fullerton Whitman - Variations For Oud & Synthesizer 7"

KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN

Variations For Oud & Synthesizer 7"

2010

No

[electronic, drone, experimental]

MF (14 MB)

Pure Ecstasy/Sleep ∞ Over - Pure Ecstasy/Sleep ∞ Over 7"

PURE ECSTASY/SLEEP ∞ OVER

Pure Ecstasy/Sleep ∞ Over 7"

2010

Light Lodge

[dream pop, lo-fi]

MF (10 MB)

Xiphiidae - Crystal Marvelous Fruit

XIPHIIDAE

Crystal Marvelous Fruit

2009

Excite Bike

[ambient, field recordings, experimental]

Part 1: MF (107 MB, rip: UAX)

Part 2: MF (95 MB, rip: UAX)

Sundrips - Slow Futures

SUNDRIPS

Slow Futures

2010

Dial Square Tapes

[drone, experimental]

MF (55 MB)

From the latest Dial Square batch. This one stood out for me. Big, beautiful drones.

Pure Ecstasy - Voices 7"

PURE ECSTASY

Voices 7"

2010

Acéphale

[dream pop, lo-fi]

MF (11 MB)

Pure Ecstasy - Future Nostalgia 7"

PURE ECSTASY

Future Nostalgia 7"

2010

self-released

[dream pop, lo-fi]

MF (21 MB)

Pure Ecstasy - Easy 7"

PURE ECSTASY

Easy 7"

2010

Light Lodge

[dream pop, lo-fi]

MF (13 MB)

Mohave Triangles - Astral Holograms

MOHAVE TRIANGLES

Astral Holograms

2010
Digitalis Limited

[drone, ambient, experimental]

MF (66 MB)