Filed under: Chillwave, Electronica, Vocals | Tags: Chilled, chillwave, downtempo, oliver tank, relaxing, Soothing, vocals, wintercoats
Here we are, the first post of 2012- going to Wintercoats from Melbourne, Australia.
Someone to Share My Life With is a cover of sorts- the original being the folky tune by Television Personalities of the same name; but Wintercoats has transformed the clanky electric guitar into the type of beautiful downtempo/chillwave that Aussies seem to be quite talented in producing. Fans of Oliver Tank will enjoy the sounds that Wintercoats have to offer- and on that note Wintercoats is Oliver‘s support act in Melbourne on the 20th for his EP launch party.
Give the track a download and be sure to check out their bandcamp page for several more tracks and an EP all being given away for free! 😀
Download:
Wintercoats – Someone to Share My Life With
Bandcamp:
http://wintercoats.bandcamp.com
Filed under: Dubstep, Electronica | Tags: Deep, Dubstep, Electronica, IDM
Nowan is a Sweedish producer who has been putting out some beautiful IDM tracks. He’s been picked up by Screwloose Records (who sign dubstep badmen KOAN Sound and Tim Ismag) to release a debut EP early next year.
This track Quantum Reality was released as part of Screwloose’s free Christmas EP which you can find here. It’s fundamentally an IDM track, but now that ‘dubstep’ is such a blog-friendly genre label, I suppose it would be fair to call it that as well. There is a deep sub-bass throughout that grounds the whole track, leaving the beautiful synths and pads to create an expansive atmosphere throughout. This is not a track for laptop speakers or ipod headphones. This is something to play though a proper stereo-system and really enjoy.The glitchy effects and drums are used to perfect effect- somethimes it can be too tempting for artists to over-use stuttering effects and sliced samples in IDM, leaving the track sounding messy; but Nowan has utilised them perfectly.
Download:
Nowan – Quantum Reality
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/nowanmusic
Screwloose EP:
http://soundcloud.com/s-13/sets/screwloose-free-christmas-ep/
Filed under: Electronica | Tags: beats, Happy, sample based, Upbeat, vocals
Handbook‘s music is no stranger to people’s ears, at 10,000+ Soundcloud fans, he could easily sit back on his throne of musical accomplishment and feed bullshit to the masses.
But there’s a nostalgic sincerity present throughout Handbook‘s music that brings groups like The Avalanches and perhaps, Bibio to mind. I think ‘sweet’ would be the right way of describing it… not candy sweet or pleased frat boy “sweeeet”; but bringing flowers home to your wife ‘sweet’.
No, despite having followers in the 5 digits, Handbook crafts his music with love. And the wonderful 23 is a good example 🙂
Download:
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/handbook
Filed under: Dance, Electronica, Hip-Hop, Upbeat | Tags: Dance, Electronic, Electronica, Funky, Trip-Hop, Upbeat
So I’ve already blogged about UK-based electronic beat-maker Mute Speaker, but Zeros & Ones just shuffled on my iTunes and I’m in-love. Grab the album Smart Bomb off of his bandcamp page– you will not regret it.
Download:
Bandcamp:
http://mute-speaker.bandcamp.com/
A noctuary is like a diary that you keep only about what happens at night. A ‘night journal’ of sorts. I wonder if Bonobo created this amazing trip-hop piece, with the title Noctuary in-mind.
The track has it’s own personality, like that of a noir film set in Tokyo… Bonobo‘s use of mysterious jazzy piano embellishments and sexy cymbal grooves makes Noctuary a real pleasurable listen.
Of-course, this can be expected from one of Ninja Tune‘s most highly respected artists… and with 191,000+ Facebook fans, a high quality track is no great surprise. Definitely worth adding his music to your collection…
Filed under: Electronica, Hip-Hop | Tags: Funky, glitch, Hip Hop, Trip-Hop
UK-based Mute Speaker is putting out some deliciously funky glitchy trip-hop beats. And what’s more is he’s giving a-lot of them away for free!
Check out his Bandcamp for a free album and another ‘pay-as-you-see-fit’ album. His Soundcloud is peppered with quality tracks available for free, and here on Fuck the Radio is More Fire. Get on it.
Download:
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/mute-speaker
Bandcamp:
http://mute-speaker.bandcamp.com/
Filed under: Ambient, Chilled, Electronica | Tags: ambient, Chilled, Electronica, independant, Soothing
Apologies for the slack posting, I was recovering from my Dubcage launch hangover. As a shameless publicity stunt, every 10 likes we got at http://www.facebook.com/dubcage resulted in us doing a shot of liquor on air… and let me tell you, 22 shots of bourbon was never meant to be consumed by any human. You can catch Dubcage at 10pm Melbourne time Sunday nights at dubcage.com or on 88.3 Southern FM.
Speaking of Melbourne, our artist Thrupence also hails from this part of the world. I’m really digging his soothing electronica, in-between chillwave and ambient with a romantic twist, Thrupence writes nothing on his Soundcloud page description other than I try to make beautiful things – an accomplishment well earned I think. I’d love to post all of his music, but I’ll give you his latest track and leave the link to his Soundcloud for you to explore.
Download:
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/thrupence/tracks
PS: Check out another Fuck the Radio Radio Show coming soon…
Filed under: Electronica, Upbeat | Tags: Electronic, Electronica, glitch, IDM, Synth, visual
It seems as though I have recently discovered this amazing nexus of quality music in a place called the Netherlands. We could speculate why Fabled Enemies, Sick Lebowski and today’s post Julien Mier all come from the same country- ooorrr we could listen to the beautiful music they create without question.
As It Is is unique- not quite adhering soley into the genres of glitch or IDM.. is fits within the ever-growing and unspecific labelling of ‘electronica’. Don’t let this put you off- to the contrary; the sounds are delightfully familiar and accessible, without being boring and ubiquitous.
DOWNLOAD:
<removed at request>
SOUNDCLOUD:
http://soundcloud.com/julien-mier
Filed under: Dance, Electronica, Trance, Vocals | Tags: progressive, techno, vocals
All the way from Iceland we have Sesar with a melodic track called Sól – which google translate tells me means Solar in Icelandic; fitting perhaps that it complements the previous few space-themed tracks I’ve posted.
It’s a melodic progressive techno track with some vocals that remind me of uplifting trance. Check it out if you enjoyed 06R – AIR. It’s also got a neat guitar section towards the end.
Download:
Soundcloud:
Filed under: Acid, Electronica, Experimental, Jazz | Tags: Acid-Jazz, experimental
Kuhn has been getting some attention for his release Slime Beach, played by XFM dj Mary Anne Hobbs last month. This release with Astro Nautico is more a of a trip-hoppy acid-jazzstep style track which is quite intriguing.
Download:
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/kuhnmusic
Website:
(Note to self: I have to stop making up genres like acid-jazzstep)
Filed under: Electronica, Hip-Hop | Tags: bass, Deep, Electronic, Hip Hop, independant, Trip-Hop
Sick Lebowski is another undiscovered-as-yet producer from The Netherlands.
Disappear Into Your Dreams is a cool fusion of bassy-electronic trip-hop with a clear hip-hop rhythmic influence. Creepy vocals are a must as always with this type of track, and they are pulled off with flawless implementation in this case.
Download:
<someone reported the download link 😦 but the artist is still giving the track away for free at his soundcloud page linked below>
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/sicklebowski
Filed under: Electronica | Tags: Dance, Electronica, House, mojear, record label
My laptop blew up so I’ve been unable to post anything until I get everything back in order… Luckily I backed up everything literally by complete chance a mere 2 days before it happened, so I lost nothing important. Just means my blogging (and my own music production) has been on hold (and will remain so until I get a new laptop).
I can however recommend this indie label I discovered putting out some neat downtempo/house/electronica stuff. I highly recommend you check some of their stuff out.
Filed under: Electronica, Upbeat | Tags: Dance, Electronic, Electronica, Happy, Upbeat
So Warp Records are looking to have quite a big release on their hands with Rustie‘s Glass Swords coming out on the 10th.
Artists Skream, Joker, Bibio and many more have already given it praise, and as Rustie‘s twitter following sky-rocketing to over 5,000 about 18 hours ago, you can watch the hype growing.
Ultra Thizz was given a special limited edition 12-inch vinyl release ahead of the album, with another track Dreamzz which is only available on the vinyl.
Here’s Ultra Thizz for your regular radio-fuckery:
Now that Glass Swords is out you can find it here:
Filed under: Acid, Dubstep, Electronica, Experimental, Psychadelic | Tags: Acid, Dubstep, Electronic, experimental, glitch, Psychedelic
Venetian Snares does some pretty rad stuff. Similar to Aphex Twin, not quite accessible to the virgin listener, his breakcore/acid sound is pretty hectic, and the brilliantly named Chainsaw Fellatio is no exception. On my first listen I was enjoying the acid bassline melody until I felt like I was getting assaulted by some fucking hi-hat sample (you’ll see what I’m talking about). Then it all fades away, and at about the 1:30 mark, shit gets TIGHT. A hip-hop beat takes you off guard and suddenly you feel like c-walking your ass to the nearest DMT dealer. Give it a listen, I guarantee you’ll have trouble finding anything quite like it:
Venetian Snares – Chainsaw Fellatio
Filed under: Chilled, Electronica, Hip-Hop, Jazz | Tags: Acid-Jazz, Chilled, Electronica, Hip Hop, Jazz, sample based, Trip-Hop
Signed to Pretty Lights’ own record label, it’s not really a surprise that if you are a fan of the former, Grammatik will suit your tastes perfectly. Chilled trip-hop beats with funky jazz vocal samples spicing things up in Is It Over is something reminiscent of Pretty Lights’ tracks such as Finally Moving or the previously posted Something’s Wrong.
Definatley worth a listen if you love Pretty Lights or are completely new to the style- either way, Grammatik is still great, and you can support him by downloading his album (FOR FREE) off of the Pretty Lights Music Record Label site.
Ofcourse you can try him out first with a download from here 😀
