Weekly Podcast Episode #6 (01-17-2009)

Here is our Sixth Podcast. I decided this week to feature all tracks from the http://www.serein.co.uk Netlabel. You can go there and download their entire discography for free (18 albums and counting).

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This Weeks Tracks:

» marcel turkowsky - still believe in still (night tapes) @ 00:35
» daniel maze - red after image (red after image) @ 04:40
» muhr - an end to none but to all that is still - (poussiere) @ 07:15
» huw roberts - odate in harmonics (tracks in the snow) @ 12:10
» ocp - atmos five (atmos) @ 16:00
» 1000 hours of staring - cosm (tapestry) @ 18:55
» the inventors of aircraft - passing (unknown language) @ 23:40
» nest - kyota (nest) @ 28:40
» stephane leonard - elegy (gloomy monday) @ 33:15
» michael trommer - february lakes (tree line) @ 38:30
» nuef muef - ofcors (it's cold in space) @ 45:00
» konntinent - 3 of 8 of 4 (all lines lead in) @ 49:00
» herzog - my bed is my boay (the autumn ep) @ 54:30

Vector Lovers: Afterglow

I got this album almost year ago, fell in love with it, and then shelved it for some reason (problem of being a music junkie (too much music, too little time)). My Second Go with this album is really, really nice. It is like rediscovering why ice cream tastes so good. The album starts off minimal and ambient, almost expecting a more "Tim Hecker"/"Biosphere" release. Then all of a sudden, the second track hits, entitled "Far Side of the Tracks"... The sound reminds me of a mixture of the Melodic IDM artists such as "Proem" and "Lusine ICL", but with the emotive and production quality of the electronic artist "Trentemoller". For the most part it goes back in forth between structural and abstract tracks. Sometimes even vocals are inserted in there, the track "Hush Now" comes to mind; it has an indie sensibility about it, but keeps true to the overall tone to the album. The thing I like most about this album (which, ironically, is maybe why I almost forgot about it) is that it doesn't try to prove anything or work to impress you. It is just there. If the artist behind "Vector Lovers", "Martin Wheeler", wants to give you a house-inspired, indie-inspired, or IDM inspired he will... but with his own flavor added to it to keep the overflow theme of the album consistent. Sometimes with artists (Moby comes to mind)... they try to do some serious 'genre-bending' in an album and it just does NOT work. The album here is definitely an exception. I believe the artist is aware of this fine line of varying influences and is able to skate along it very carefully.

» album @ emusic
» artist profile @ last.fm

Rosy Parlane: IRIS

This album came out from Touch recordings in 2004. Even though this album consists of three tracks, the end time of this album is around 48 minutes. Unlike some of the reviews I have just done, this artist tends to be much more abstract like other contemporary Drone artists such as "Tim Hecker". Though, unlike Hecker's work, his abstract soundscapes are much more soothing for the most part. The first track, aptly named "Part One" ends with a very calming pad and what sounds like an early computer running through its processes, like noises of an early digital tool working intently on finishing it's calculations. The rest of the album shares that similar softness and "gentle mechanics" to it. The next track, "Part Two", has a much more standard minimal drone to it with a padded chord resonating throughout. "Part Three" is probably the most aggressive out of three, yet it is still calming compared to some of the other Drone contemporaries. Definitely worth a listen, not only because it is a great record, but because if you get it though "emusic", it will only consists as 3 tracks (really great if you have a membership and want to use your alotted "songs" of the month.

album @ emusic
artist profile @ last.fm