April 2013
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Fabrizio Paterlini - Now (Pre-order now!) —...
Fabrizio Paterlini - After the rain there will always be the sun
Comforting beauty, calming music. Fabrizio Paterlini’s new album “Now” will be out soon. Pre-order now! This guy is among the most talented musicians and composers in the free music world.
March 2013
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Joëlle Léandre - No Comment — #musicmonday Vol. 33
Joëlle Léandre is one of the very few bass players, I really really really enjoy playing solo (the other one would be Steve Lawson btw)
Check out her excellent “No Comment” on the Free Music Archive http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jolle_Landre/Live_at_ISSUE_63010
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February 2013
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WatchTrans Alp - Après quatre pièces d’Erik Satie This is probably the darkest Satie I’ve ever heard. But it works. Fantastic release by Camomille
January 2013
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The Rosebuds - Love Deluxe (The Rosebuds perform...
Don’t you love full album covers as much as I do? Here’s a rather original: I’ve never considered Sade’s fourth album “Love Deluxe” from 1992 something special, in fact, I never considered any of Sade’s smooth jazz-pop stuff somewhat special. A beautiful woman with an interesting but not very skilled voice, not bad, but nothing that attracts me. Yet, the...
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Music (not only) from my hometown Cologne
Music from my hometown Cologne - and beyond: Excellent 12 track folk sampler featuring the talents of Entertainment for the Braindead, Hello Piedpiper, Wool, Town of Saints, Honig ecc. Don’t miss this …
December 2012
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Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks —...
Georg Friedrich Händel (George Frideric Handel): Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Pierre Boulez - 1983
Free download from Archive.org →VBR ZIP
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Download Radiohead at Bonnaroo Live 2006 FREE →
Epic. You want this. You need this.
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WatchCheck out the excellent Unsung Records Free Christmas Compilation 2012 — ambient, experimental, jazz, prog, contemporary classical music by artists such as Tuner, Moonbound, Markus Reuter & Robert Rich, The Redundant Rocker, This Fragile Moment, Yoshi Hampl, Centrozoon, Lee Fletcher, Quartet for the End of Time, Zweiton, Adrian Benavides and Syntony. Free download until the 26th December 2012....
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'Tis this time of the season … Over The Rhine -...
Do you like jazzy, relaxed Christmas music? Here’s to you the 2008 release by Ohio based duo Over The Rhine (Great name for a band, at least for me, I live in Cologne on the Rhine) with 12 original Christmas songs, infected by smooth jazz, blues and singer/songwriter-rock.
Though some songs may be a bit too Norah Jones for me, others have far more of Ani DiFranco (in a good mood). This is...
November 2012
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'Tis this time of the season … Sufjan Stevens -...
Winter is nearing, you can smell it, when you’re outside, at least here in Germany. Christmas is drawing nearer. Christmas will be in less than a month, can you believe it? Sufjan Stevens made music fans all over the world the wonderful early Christmas present. Take from his recently released 5-EP-Collection “Songs for Christmas II: Sliver & Gold” he compiled a free download...
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#musicmonday Vol. 29: Georgina Brett - Non Sense B
Non Sense B by Georgina Brett
Georgina Brett - Non Sense B (Free Download until 11/11/12)
As I said before in my article about the twin-release “Non Sense A”:
Imagine minimal music without instruments, imagine songs without words, imagine vocal ambient music: This is the musical universe of London based artist Georgina Brett.
You really don’t want to miss this limited time only...
October 2012
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WatchGeorgina Brett - Non Sense A (Free Download until 11/11/12)
Imagine minimal music without instruments, imagine songs without words, imagine vocal ambient music: This is the musical universe of London based artist Georgina Brett.
You really don’t want to miss this.
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WatchGeorgina Brett - Non Sense A
Vocal loops, carefully built to a beautiful, mysterious, unique sound sculpture …
September 2012
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Addendum to "Happy birthday, Dmitri Dmitriyevich...
Yesterday was Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich’s 106th birthday and to honour the memory to one of the greatest composers of the 20th century I’ve posted excellent (historical) recordings of three symphonies. Today, I would like to add a recent recording of his 15th and last string quartet, which he wrote in 1974, just a couple of month before he died. Like most of his late works,...
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Happy birthday, Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich:...
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975)
He is my favourite 20th century composer, I love his orchestral music and his chamber music. Here are three of his finest symphonies in rather good historical recordings as free downloads from archive.org
Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op .10 (1924–1925) The Cleveland Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski Recorded April 14, 1941. Columbia...
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Free Aimee Mann sampler at noisetrade.com
Am I wrong or is Noisetrade becoming an insider tip for promoting new releases by mainstream artists (no offence intended)? After Amanda Palmer a couple of days ago, here’s a free Aimee Mann EP, introducing her new release “Charmer” (with one track) and a couple of nice tracks from older releases.
Tracklist:
Charmer (from the forthcoming album Charmer)
Little Tornado (from...
August 2012
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Amanda Palmer "Theatre Is Evil" preview EP -...
The new Amanda Palmer album “Theatre Is Evil” will be released in a couple of days. As you may know, this self-released album was funded by a very successful Kickstarter campaign and promises to be one of her best works.
If you want to have an impression of what Amanda’s new band The Grand Theft Orchestra sounds like, you can grab here new free 7 track sampler on Noisetrade which includes...
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Fabrizio Paterlini - These summer nights
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In memoriam: Dmitri Shostakovich (25 September...
37 years ago, russian composer Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich left this world, leaving us some of the most impressive chamber music, orchestral works and piano music of the 20th century. Here are two of his masterworks as free downloads:
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor - dedicated to the victims of fascism and war, op. 110 (1960) <a...
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Pierre Laniau - Gnossiennes No. 1 composed by Eric...
July 2012
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#musicmonday Vol. 28: Duo Lumen plays Jan Novák...
Excellent release by the italian guitar Duo Lumen performing the Rosarivm-cycle by the fairly unknown czech composer Jan Novák (1921-1984).
Contemporary classical music for guitar without any folk references (especially to spanish or latin american music) is pretty hard to find. Here’s a very fine example of a well structured, complex, yet accessible modern music for guitar that points...
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My soundtrack for this rather humble summer: The...
<a href=”http://thedallasguild.bandcamp.com/album/hello-darkness” data-mce-href=”http://thedallasguild.bandcamp.com/album/hello-darkness”>Hello Darkness by The Dallas Guild</a>
»It feels good, but is it good enough? Take to the men in white coats …«
This may be my personal soundtrack for this rather humble summer. Excellent psychedelic pop/rock with a...
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WatchGerd Weyhing - Horizontal Reflections
This is a new track by my very dear friend Gerd Weyhing. After having released some very fascinating (and quite proggy) soundscapes, with his new track “Horizontal Reflections” he explores acoustic minimal music loops. This is very fascinating (and if you’re into Robert Fripp, it might will remember you of some Guitarcraft-releases - no...
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#musicmonday Vol. 27: the “Carmina Burana” by Carl...
Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is probably the most popular choral composition of the 20th century. If you haven’t a copy of it on CD (or on your iPod), here’s a free recording featuring the MIT Concert Choir:
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MIT_Concert_Choir/Carmina_Burana_Carl_Orff/
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June 2012
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WatchMarco Lucchi - Sehnsucht
Released a couple of weeks ago, but totally overlooked by me (there’s way too much music to check out), Marco Lucchi proves once more that he is one of the most innovative and creative composers/musicians in the Italian music scene. This is contemporary music with hints of Arvo Pärt, John Cage, Eric Satie, Brian Eno and Terry Riley.
And yes, Sehnsucht (german noun...
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#musicmonday Vol. 26: "Amnesia" - new single by...
First new Dead Can Dance material since 16 years: A radio edit of “Amnesia” (Where do they play such music on the radio?), taken from the upcoming Anastasis album, which will be released in August.
Get it for an email (exclusive at pitchfork.com):
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#musicmonday Vol. 25: Fantastic avantgarde prog by...
A direct, electric sound, for a 30-minutes album that summarizes the band’s best melodies in an energetic and passionate live performance. No strings, winds and ethnic instruments, but drums, bass, guitars, sax, keys anc Claudio Milano’s extraordinary voice to move your feet and imagination!
“NO” is the perfect introduction to this band’s world, true...
May 2012
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Dead Can Dance - Live Happenings Vol. 5 - Free EP...
OK, OK, you know the drill: You want this, you need this - and you’ll get this for free. All that Dead Can Dance asks you is a valid e-Mail-address to add you to their mailing list (you can unsubscribe immediately), what you get is their FIFTH free Live EP featuring the tracks
Black Sun
Salem’s Lot
Yulunga
Severance
Hymn For The Fallen
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April 2012
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#musicmonday Vol. 24: Rusconi - Revolution
If you love jazz from modern piano trios like e.s.t., Neil Cowley Tio or the Vijay Iyver Trio, you may like the Swiss trio Rusconi as well. They combine classical piano trio jazz (listen to “Milk”), almost poppy tunes (“Tempelhof”) and avantgarde-rock-influences (“Alice in the Sky”) to a rather unique sound. Formerly releasing their music on a major label, they’ve now taken their fate into...
WatchMy Brightest Diamond - live at the “Les femmes s’en mêlent” Festival
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Joseph Haydn - The Seven Last Words of Christ
Joseph Haydn - The seven last words of Christ
Complete recording of “Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze” or ‘The Seven Last Words of Christ’ (Oratorio version, 1796) by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), performed by the Granollers Chamber Orchestra and Choir on April 10th 2011, conducted by Sergio Alapont This is one of the very few complete recordings of the...
March 2012
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#musicmonday Vol. 23: Dead Can Dance - Live...
If you’ve download the previous three “Live Happenings”-EPs, you know, you want this (if not, you should download them, check this article to find the previous links). Excellent world music / art pop / industrial (call it whatever you want) by one of the most fascinating boarder crossing duos.
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#musicmonday Vol. 22: (Progressive) Rock from...
If you like Italian rock music with a hint of more complex progressive rock influences, then you will be glad to discover Sintesi (Synthesis). The classic four piece line up features Rino Arminio (bass & vocals), Gianni Catalano (drums, percussion), Paolo Garzotto (guitars) and Andrea Rolfini (keyboards). Their latest release »Terra di confine« was produced as a straightforward “live in...
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#musicmonday Vol. 21: Experimental ambient...
If you know the previous Future Sequence sampler releases, you already know, you need this; if you don’t know them, you need this - and the previous too. No kidding, this is excellent stuff, among the best compilations in the free music world.
<a href=”http://futuresequence.bandcamp.com/album/sequence3”...
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WatchAwesome #freedownload track by the Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio - From Time to Time (Paul Motion Cover) #musicmondayonafriday #jazz
February 2012
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#musicmonday Vol. 20: Excellent Postrock/Shoegaze...
To be honest: Most postrock/shoegaze bands sound the same to me. Maybe it’s because the genre doesn’t allow many variations but I find it extremely hard to distinguish the bands and their releases one from another. Don’t get me wrong: Sometimes I really dig that wall of increasing sounds sucking me into an imaginary world, but the next moment I can hardly remember the name of the...
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#musicmonday Vol. 19: Steely Dan's Aja interpreted...
Does Steely Dan’s major work Aja work without all that Jazz, without Funk, without Pop, without R&B? The answer is (strange, but true) Yes! Canadian post-rockers The Darcys gave proof covering all the seven tracks (1. Black Cow, 2. Aja, 3. Deacon Blues, 4. Peg, 5. Home at Last, 6. I Got The News, 7. Josie). Dark, depressive, almost like Radiohead did cover Steely Dan while staying in a...
January 2012
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Dead Can Dance - Live Happenings Part 3 - Free EP...
They did it again: A third free Live-EP by Dead Can Dance has been published, released as a teaser for the upcoming world tour and new album.
At least as good as the two EP before. Don’t miss it!
Check out the other two EPs too:
Live Happenings, Part I → http://23am.tumblr.com/post/10858095936/dead-can-dance-live-happenings-part-1-free-ep
Live Happenings, Part II →...
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Ambienteer - Alba
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Watch#musicmonday No. 18 - Zeuhl + dark Progressive Rock + 1970s German electronica = Ga’an
If you like the dark Progressive Rock of Italian soundtracks (like Goblin), heavy Zeuhl (like Magma) and hypnotic 1970s German electronica (like Popol Vuh), then you will love the fantastic debùt release of the Chicago based band Ga’an.
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Gaan/Gaan/
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#musicmonday No. 17 - Intelligent electro pop by...
So here I am once more in the playground of the … of wait, that’s another thing: So here I am once more, re-establishing my ever infamous #musicmonday articles in which I tend to present my free music findings that I would love to share with you. While you have to wait a little longer for my Best-of-2011-list, this might be a preview to my list, because I really find this late...
