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So, I had a small break for Christmas due to too much family obligations but now we are back to showing off music!
Today some Post Rock:

It Happened Here - 2011 - EP
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http://wasfuersohr.blogspot.com/2011/12/it-happened-here-2011-001-e.html
 
gabbo said:
Don't like how that Noisetrade is laid out, but im on the album.
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I wish it was free for longer :P I need to listen to more review music these days. I've been slacking a bit over the holidays.
 
Kyzer said:
Super Kyzer World and Hotboxing The Universe :DDDDDD
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Its fine to self pimp yourself here, but at least link to the appropriate download pages please :P
 
In the preparation of my next review I am trying to clean up some noise on a record and could really use some feedback.

I know people enjoy Lo-Fi music for what it is, but personally I would love to have a bit cleaner version of that album. Any help is very highly regarded.

Just trying my luck: Contact me here via PM or via mail to wasfuersohr@gmail.com if you got a bit of time to help me out. I'll do my best in the meantime and will post it here for others to check and comment. I'll just scrap it if I dont get it to work properly.
 
Toma said:
In the preparation of my next review I am trying to clean up some noise on a record and could really use some feedback.

I know people enjoy Lo-Fi music for what it is, but personally I would love to have a bit cleaner version of that album. Any help is very highly regarded.

Just trying my luck: Contact me here via PM or via mail to wasfuersohr@gmail.com if you got a bit of time to help me out. I'll do my best in the meantime and will post it here for others to check and comment. I'll just scrap it if I dont get it to work properly.
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Alright, first try:

Original Track:
http://thegravityamendments.bandcamp.com/track/daydreams

Edit 1 of that track:
http://soundcloud.com/wasfuersohr/the-gravity-amendments-from

Edit 2 of that track:
http://soundcloud.com/wasfuersohr/the-gravity-amendments-from-1
 
Trellisaze said:
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Nomad - No Magic
http://marathonofdope.com/?p=2231

Bedroom pop straight off the streets of Belgium and it's not bad overall! The first single, Son If You Don't Know is decent but the standout track IMO is Echo, but I can't seem to find any external clips of it online right now. Have to give your email and then they'll send the d/l link.
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That first song is definitely not bad. I'd like to hear the complete album but Marathonofdope seems to be down for me right now. Started the Albumdownload but now I cant access their website anymore. Nice recommendation though, looking forward to hearing the rest :)
 
So this is what you were talking about.
Your edits do sound passable, like there is some good stuff in there. Hopefully the tape feedback and hiss wasn't a sonic youth tribute.
 
gabbo said:
So this is what you were talking about.
Your edits do sound passable, like there is some good stuff in there. Hopefully the tape feedback and hiss wasn't a sonic youth tribute.
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Since they have been informed about the review we'll know soon enough if they try to flame me to death.
 
gabbo said:
I'll get my flame suit ready
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Woo, you are back to your old avatar! And I love your music choices. The two new records you chose are super interesting, especially the Instrumental one. If your Instrumental findings keep being as good as this one, you totally shouldn't stop looking for them.

Oh and I got a reply from my last review (Gravity Amendments), they know their record was pretty raw and one of those guys will work on re-recording the good songs and put a few new ones in.

:)
 
Toma said:
Woo, you are back to your old avatar! And I love your music choices. The two new records you chose are super interesting, especially the Instrumental one. If your Instrumental findings keep being as good as this one, you totally shouldn't stop looking for them.

Oh and I got a reply from my last review (Gravity Amendments), they know their record was pretty raw and one of those guys will work on re-recording the good songs and put a few new ones in.

:)
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I don't go out of my way to look for them, They tend to be about half the albums that come up from bandcamp scrapes. I'm glad you like TFFO. Not a lot of bands like that out there, but they are almost always fun to listen to.
It's good to hear GA are reworking/re-recording the tracks and are aware of the problems. Should we do a second review if/when they release the new stuff? A side-by-side comparison perhaps?
 
It might be because I'm young, but I got a real Stones vibe from this band. I'm not huge on the Rolling Stones in general, but damn if this band didn't make me want to get up and boogie (in the best 1960's way possible)
 
Alright, next up: A super fascinating instrumental work with the "cosmos" as the theme. I have no idea how these artists manage to bring such a quality to the table but boy am I glad they do. What an amazing LP. Would fit right in with lots of documentaries, theatre plays and movies. Love it.

Rubén Lozano - 2012 - The Astronaut
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http://wasfuersohr.blogspot.com/2012/01/ruben-lozano-2012-astronaut-for-free.html

Also, if you liked it, we also reviewed his first record Banda Sonora. Very recommended too.
 
Toma said:
Alright, next up: A super fascinating instrumental work with the "cosmos" as the theme. I have no idea how these artists manage to bring such a quality to the table but boy am I glad they do. What an amazing LP. Would fit right in with lots of documentaries, theatre plays and movies. Love it.

Rubén Lozano - 2012 - The Astronaut
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http://wasfuersohr.blogspot.com/2012/01/ruben-lozano-2012-astronaut-for-free.html

Also, if you liked it, we also reviewed his first record Banda Sonora. Very recommended too.
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Appreciation bump.
 
Toma said:
Alright, next up: A super fascinating instrumental work with the "cosmos" as the theme. I have no idea how these artists manage to bring such a quality to the table but boy am I glad they do. What an amazing LP. Would fit right in with lots of documentaries, theatre plays and movies. Love it.

Rubén Lozano - 2012 - The Astronaut
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http://wasfuersohr.blogspot.com/2012/01/ruben-lozano-2012-astronaut-for-free.html

Also, if you liked it, we also reviewed his first record Banda Sonora. Very recommended too.
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Loving the piano in "Pulsar", if only I had a sound system capable of doing this justice
 
This is one of those albums I can't just throw on any time and enjoy.
I tried to listen to it earlier, when I had adrenaline going and it was 'okay', but I wanted something with a faster beat to it. Now that my mood has changed, it's striking the right notes (puns!) and I'm enjoying it quite a bit.

Definite 'soundtrack to...' vibe
 
cooltobeyou said:
Loving the piano in "Pulsar", if only I had a sound system capable of doing this justice
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Haha, yeah. I am very glad that I got to listen to the album when my gf was away, so that I could really try to soak in the music through my audio setup.

gabbo said:
This is one of those albums I can't just throw on any time and enjoy.
I tried to listen to it earlier, when I had adrenaline going and it was 'okay', but I wanted something with a faster beat to it. Now that my mood has changed, it's striking the right notes (puns!) and I'm enjoying it quite a bit.

Definite 'soundtrack to...' vibe
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Yup, and a pretty great and ambitious one at that. Its quite amazing how much he developed within only 6 months of his last album. I asked him a few other question about him producing his music, which I'll guess will just post here as soon as I get them.
 
Well, I asked for a wallpaper version of that album cover because I really liked it, and sure enough he made one:



Click the picture for the 1440*900 version.

His comment on how he created his songs with sound libraries:
Anyway, I work with sound libraries. Well, nowadays everyone does. Even hollywood soundtrack composers, they only record with orchestra on the final stage. What I do is playing the notes on a midi keyboard or writing it directly on the computer, then assign one instrument to the line I've just written and there it goes, there's a violin sounding. Sound libraries nowadays are huge, you have every note of every instrument and every articulation (staccato, pizzicato, etc.) recorded with quality. Problem is when you record your line played on piano you have to edit every note to give it the character of something played on a real string instrument, brass, etc. which you can't do on piano. At the end you spend much more time editing than actually recording music. But well, I guess that happens in any kind of musical recording.
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Some Indie Rock today. I actually have them for quite a while already, but always was missing something to actually say. They aren't bad but fail to lift a slight veil of mediocrity, which gave me a hard time to put into words. Its not "bad" by any means, but if they manage to put a bit more power into their next record, it might just turn out to be surprisingly good.

Retrosonic - 2011 - Ties, Cardigans & Other Cool Stuff
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http://wasfuersohr.blogspot.com/2012/01/retrosonic-2011-ties-cardigans-other.html
 
Toma said:
Some Indie Rock today. I actually have them for quite a while already, but always was missing something to actually say. They aren't bad but fail to lift a slight veil of mediocrity, which gave me a hard time to put into words. Its not "bad" by any means, but if they manage to put a bit more power into their next record, it might just turn out to be surprisingly good.

Retrosonic - 2011 - Ties, Cardigans & Other Cool Stuff
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http://wasfuersohr.blogspot.com/2012/01/retrosonic-2011-ties-cardigans-other.html
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My experience with Italian rock is rather limited (in fact it's limited to Goblin), so I may check it out just to broaden the scope.
 
Alright, today we had our newest blog writer (welcome!) find some pop folk for us:

Franco & The Dreadnought - 2011 - Last Man Standing EP
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http://wasfuersohr.blogspot.com/2012/01/franco-dreadnought-2011-last-man.html

He knows how to make neat sounding harmonies,but I think I'd prefer having a few more "edges" on it. Good quality, though. But this is one record that gets me back to the cover debate. It already sorta made me want to dislike the musician before listening to it despite the quality of the music being quite good actually.
 
Toma said:
Alright, today we had our newest blog writer (welcome!) find some pop folk for us:

Franco & The Dreadnought - 2011 - Last Man Standing EP
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http://wasfuersohr.blogspot.com/2012/01/franco-dreadnought-2011-last-man.html

He knows how to make neat sounding harmonies,but I think I'd prefer having a few more "edges" on it. Good quality, though. But this is one record that gets me back to the cover debate. It already sorta made me want to dislike the musician before listening to it despite the quality of the music being quite good actually.
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I've been getting that about 40% of the time it seems. Glad tp finally have new person on board
 
Charron said:
...There doesn't even seem to be a cover on that one.
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Haha, yeah. I was actually considering choosing their previous record just because it has an actual cover :P I liked these songs way more though.
 
So, I know it's kind of a stretch to get people to listen to your music, but I my album is finally mastered and here for the taking. The whole thing is streaming on soundcloud, and I have a .zip file with the album if anyone wants it.

It's indie/folk/rock/electronic R&B sample. .ish (major influences; tallest man on earth, kanye west (lol wtf), bon iver, the national)

If anyone is interested, just click the pic for the stream! DL in black.




http://www.mediafire.com/?wxek66okowg42hg XD
 
hateradio said:
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EP#1 by Almeeva

Post-rock/math-rock/whatever you want to call it, fans should listen to this. It's very good.


http://panda.cd/torrents/278-ep1/
Free and legally distributed with Creative Commons and artist permission.

http://www.almeeva.net/
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Just adding you can also get it off the bandcamp website:
http://almeeva.bandcamp.com/

I've been going nuts searching through tags on bandcamp. So much amazing music on there, a lot of it free (have to do some digging), and can be downloaded in FLAC.

My favorite find off bandcamp so far:

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Wreck and Reference - Black Cassette - lo-fi Doom/Drone Metal, so tight.

http://wreckandreference.bandcamp.com/
 
gabbo said:
You sir have just added more music to my wheelhouse. Thank you
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Enjoy, it's a fantastic album, listened to it in one sitting a week ago when I found it. I've been into a lo-fi sound kick lately, the later songs are stupid crunchy. Feels like I'm in the concrete cellar they recorded it in. :P

I'll have to post more of what I find, GAF may enjoy it. Here's another:

Guess you could call this post-rock/post-metal/sludge/stoner metal. Your call.

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http://cosmonautsday.bandcamp.com/album/paths-of-the-restless
 
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