Category: Electronica

VARIOUS - THE BFW CHRISTMAS ALBUM 2010

12/22/2010

01. Oneiro - Christmas Time Is Here
02. Meteer - Hearken! (Outside Bethlehem)
03. Rogue Spore - Yuletide Gadget Overload
04. Poodleplay Arkestra - Christmas Morning 1979
05. Hadrocodium wui - Here Again
06. Cousin Silas - December On The Dunes
07. Bing Satellites - Before Dawn
08. SineRider - Vetur
09. Eko_fisk - Merseyway 241270
10. Anthing - Talvilaulu
11. The Silent Committee - Snowfall
12. Mr. Ghost - The Contortionist's Christmas DOWNLOAD AT BFW

Another free Ambient compilation for y'all. See our entry on "All Is Calm" where, in complete futility, I attempt to explain the genre. Here, we get a bit more of a Christmas theme and quite a diverse group of styles, including some shoegaze and experimental efforts. Nice to see the Bing Satellites again. I loved Oneiro's "Christmas Time Is Here" (not the Peanuts tune) and was quite fond of Cousin Silas' "December On The Dunes" as well. This seems less an "unwinding" album than "All Is Calm". Nonetheless, I think BFW can be proud of this one (and I'm quite sure they didn't need me to tell them that). There are a bunch of places you can download "The BFW Christmas Album 2010", but you might as well head straight to the source (they've got the other spots listed anyway).

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VARIOUS - THIS IS NOT ONLY A XMAS TIME ALBUM

12/19/2010

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01. Creamy Creature - Molten Lava Electric Sea
02. So Quiet - End is Always Beginning
03. Be Brave Benjamin - Evergreen
04. The Last Dinosaur - Owls
05. Pequeña Fiera! - Fantasy (for Christmas Time)
06. Anímic - Epitafi
07. Frägil - 25 de Novembre
08. Pablie - Thanks to People Like
09. Chapi Chapo & Les Petites musiques de pluie - Little Hand in My Hand (with Boo Hoo)
10. International Karate - Russian Girls
11. Aitänna77 - Carbonilla
12. Green.Means.Love - To the North
13. Ann Deveria - En algún sitio
14. Little Lulis and Her Ferran Folky - Glory & Love
15. Hümo - Tres Minutos Eternidad ERROR! LO FI RECORDINGS

A quick stop in 2008 and, as the title suggests, not all the songs here are Christmas songs. But there's enough here to at least give it a listen through once, so long as you have any affinity whatsoever for Lo Fi Indie. If not, move along, nothing to see here. This is a free download compilation from Error! Lo Fi Recordings. In fact, everything that this Spanish Indie label issues is available for free download. That's kinda their thing and, yes, they're still releasing music today. I recall Be Brave Benjamin was quite popular back in 08, but my taste runs more to Little Lulis and Her Ferran Folky; that one alone made the download worth it for me. There are also some very atmospheric instrumentals, here, that I like. Like Humo's "Tres Minutos Eternidad". "This Is Not Only A Xmas Time Album" is still available for free download via its original post at the label's blog.

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PINKLOGIK - SNOWFLAKES

12/18/2010

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Snowflakes by Pinklogik

Some Ambient Electronica from Julie Straw, aka Pinklogik. This free download from Soundcloud is called "Snowflakes". I gotta say, I'm not sure where Julie lives, but her snowflakes sound a lot heavier than mine. Nonetheless, the song is hypnotic and soothing, once you get into it, and that's sort of the point of Ambient music.

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SCROOGE & MARLEY-I DON'T WANT IT TO BE ME - THE STREETS

12/11/2010

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A nice bit of Ambient Electronica Indie Hip Hop Pop from Mike Skinner and The Streets. Download it free HERE.

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DOGS ON TOUR - MUSIC FOR WINTER, VOLUME 2

12/11/2010

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1. Angels
2. Happy Christmas
3. Jingle Bells
4. In The Bleak Midwinter
5. I Don't Know
6. Santa Claus, Where Is He?
7. Six Words
8. Blue Christmas

DOWNLOAD AT THE DOGS ON TOUR SITE

Dogs On Tour is actually a collection of Indie artists and artists from other Indie bands--Hudson Branch, Jadiid, Enoke, Andy Mills, Nate Henricks, All that Noise for Feeling and more--so the combination can, at times, be fascinating. Electronica, Rock, Indie Folk, Indie Pop and more--all these influences can be heard throughout combining in new and unexpected ways. It's all a bit raw, but not at all in a bad way. And, really, isn't being a bit raw a whole lot of what the Indie scene is about? There's a real feeling of just a bunch of friends who happen to be musicians hanging out and jamming. It's pretty cool, really. The titles may seem to indicate a lot of originals, but those are just a kind of shorthand ("Santa Claus Where Is He?" is "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"). But "Six Words" is new to me and "I Don't Know", my favorite track, sounds like almost completely improv. If you have to spend Christmas away from your family this year, this is practically a family by proxy. Just keep in mind that, by downloading "Music For Winter, Volume 2", "you are agreeing to the terms of sharing it with everyone you possibly can, passing this link on to others all over the world, and having a Merry Christmas."

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GOLDEN VEINS - MERRY CHRISTMAS (DON'T FORGET TO WRITE)

12/9/2010

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I'm in the middle of a bit of a project with a whole lot of deadline, so the day's free pickins might not be as long a list as usual. S'OK. Good chance for everybody to catch their breath. Especially me.

I do believe I'm among the first to feature the free holiday single from this Iowa band. Golden Veins has been compared to New Order and Joy Division. I'd say there's a whole lot of electronica, a good new wave pop melody, but a bit of a grunge-like sound and attitude as well. Interesting mix. Hypnotic even. Strangely Christmasy, too. But the song is free, so just download "Merry Christmas (Don't Forget To Write)" and decide for yourself.

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RöYKSOPP - LE CANTIQUE DE NOEL

12/8/2010

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Le Cantique de Noël by Röyksopp

This is just awesome! I don't have the words. An absolutely gorgeous bit of Electronica from the Norwegian duo Röyksopp. Stop by the group's web site and find out more about their music. "Le Cantique De Noel" is also available in WAV format.

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DETAILS DETAILS - IT NEVER FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT SNOW

12/7/2010

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Nice bit of Indie Electronic Pop from Nashville's Seth Williams (aka Details Details). The dude has a nice sense of melody and I love the harmony vocals. Details Details debut EP was released late last year, so he's fairly new on the scene; this is pretty close to the ground floor. With Seth's sense of melody and the success of Owl City, he looks to be tailor-made for a breakout. You'll find "It's Not Christmas Without Snow" on Bandcamp. Download it free.

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VARIOUS - HEY, IT'S CHRISTMAS!, Vol. 1

12/5/2010

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1. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - The Oceanauts
2. The Friendly Beasts - European Accident
3. O Little Town Of Bethlehem - The Silver Fence
4. Walking In A Winter Wonderland - Danny Leggett
5. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas-An Introduction To Sunshine
6. Angels We Have Heard On High - Socrates Perez
7. She Won't Be Home - Jeff Vylonis & Tia Lisanne Masek
8. Silver Bells - Moon In The Morning
9. White Christmas - The Oceanauts
10. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Tinsley
11. Silent Night - Mindy & Eric Steinberg
12. The First Noel - Saskatchewan
13. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Kyle Cox
14. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Cole NeSmith
15. What Child Is This? - Greg Perkins

A nice Indie set, solid clean through if not too much in the above and beyond range. The best songs on "Hey, It's Christmas", to my mind, are by The Oceanauts who absolutely nail "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" and combine Fifties styled piano and 90s styled guitar riffs on "White Christmas", giving the old chestnut a modern indie age make-over. Tinsley does a nice job on an electronic "Baby, It's Cold Outside"--tough to bring anything new to that one. And it's always nice to see a couple of different covers, with European Accident giving "The Friendly Beasts" a go and Erasure's "She Won't Be Home" done up nicely by Jeff Vylonis & Tia Lisanne Masek. Greg Perkins closes the whole thing out with another of the better songs herein, envisioning "What Child Is This?" in a the-good-bad-and-the-ugly-meets-the-outer-limits motif. Pick this one up free at the Hey It's Christmas site.

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ALTERNATIV JULKALENDAR 2010

12/5/2010

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Pretty sure I got this one from Santas Working Overtime.

Nothing better, for the holiday season, then a music based Advent Calendar. This one comes to us from Norway and that can only be a good thing. 5 days in, they've posted 8 songs already. And, while a few don't seem to be seasonal, most of them so far have been (see listing below). Not only that, but they've maintained an archive of the Advent calendars of previous years, dating back to 2007. If nothing else, you really need to download "It's Christmas" from Wicked Cool recording artists The Cocktail Slippers, a Spector-esque holiday tune.

Day 1 - Sleep Party People - Silent Night
Day 2 - Fru - White Christmas
Day 2 - Death By Unga Bunga - Something For Christmas
Day 3 - The Action Five - Runs Deep
Day 3 - Cocktail Slippers - It's Christmas
Day 4 - I See Horses - Last Christmas (I Shot You Down)
Day 5 - Your Headlights Are On - Leave The Light On
Day 5 - Bendik - Mitt Hjerte Alltid Vanker

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VARIOUS - THE BFW CHRISTMAS ALBUM 2010

VARIOUS - THIS IS NOT ONLY A XMAS TIME ALBUM

PINKLOGIK - SNOWFLAKES

SCROOGE & MARLEY-I DON'T WANT IT TO BE ME - THE STREETS

DOGS ON TOUR - MUSIC FOR WINTER, VOLUME 2

GOLDEN VEINS - MERRY CHRISTMAS (DON'T FORGET TO WRITE)

RöYKSOPP - LE CANTIQUE DE NOEL

DETAILS DETAILS - IT NEVER FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT SNOW

VARIOUS - HEY, IT'S CHRISTMAS!, Vol. 1

ALTERNATIV JULKALENDAR 2010

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