Robot Koch and Kuhn‘s collaboration for the upcoming Cosmic Waves release on Project: Mooncirlce is deep and dank.
The Berlin-based Robot Koch is dropping his dual 10″ release on August 31st. You can nab this track off of the record here:
Filed under: Ambient, Electronica, Experimental, Mellow | Tags: ambient, boards of canada, dark, Deep, downtempo, Electronica, experimental, female artists, music
Why is it that electronic music seems to be a boys club? I can rattle off a few female artists, sure; Rainbow Chan, Tokimonsta, Boyfriend, Sleep ∞ Over… but when it comes down to it, the majority of guys out there producing beats are just that- guys!
Ellie Herring‘s atmospheric downtempo pieces brink on the experimental- a Heligoland era- Massive Attack- or eerie evil cousin of UNKLE. Something about Defect puts me in the mindset of a mouldy tunnel- the vocal line teeters precariously on the edge of ‘creepy’, yet manages to avoid being un-nerving. Touch Point is over a year-old now, off of a release on Racecar Productions. I feel it’s more accessible than her newer tracks, while staying true to her dark sound. It’s also available for free download off of her Soundcloud which is always a bonus. If you are feeling like something a little more comforting- her Boards of Canada (Damp Heart Mix) is nice to have on in the background (also on Soundcloud).
Filed under: Ambient, Electronica, Mellow | Tags: bass, bass sound, bassy, Chilled, Deep, downtempo, melbourne, mellow, music, wabz
Some VERY deep sounds from Melbourne-based Wabz, it seems the bass is bottomless- extending to unfathomably distant depths. The percussive sounds are organic and satisfyingly crisp sounding. There’s some amazing atmospheric work going on here, worth checking out.
Filed under: Electronica, Experimental, Mellow, Psychadelic, Vocals | Tags: Deep, Electronic, experimental, mellow, music, Psychedelic, visual, vocals
Something a little different, The Wednesday Experiment was formed in a whirlwind of creative excitement from the discovery of a busker’s beautiful voice.
A unique blend of down-tempo and somewhat experimental sounds with Emily’s beautiful jazzy vocals causes The Wednesday Experiment to play like a more accessible and beautiful Massive Attack– Emily’s vocals are something really special, especially considering this recording is one of her first times singing into a microphone… before that she was just busking in Brunswick.
The Wednesday Experiment – Play With Something
Filed under: Beats, Chilled, Electronica, Hip-Hop, Jazz | Tags: Acid-Jazz, bass, beats, Chilled, Deep, downtempo, Funky, Hip Hop, instrumental hip hop, Jazz, jazz bass, music, Trip-Hop
Desmond Cheese‘s beats are dope. Saw the Signs Pt. 2 is an instrumental cut off of a release he did with Mr Bill about a year ago, and it’s got all of the best ingredients: jazz, bass and essence of sex.
You could do just about anything with this music playing and it’d instantly give it a totally new groovy vibe. Seriously, you could be eating a taco or something, and some hottie could walk past you and think nothing of it. But if you were eating a taco with this music on the hottie would be dtf.
Enjoy 🙂
Desmond Cheese – Saw The Signs Pt 2
Filed under: Beats, BRILLIANT, Chilled, Chillwave, Dance, Dubstep, Electronica, Experimental, Mellow, News, Noise, Psychadelic, Rock, Trance, Upbeat | Tags: A Bliss Abyss, Acid, appalachian trail, Brilliant, Dance, Deep, Electronic, Electronica, Guitar, music, Psychedelic, Rock, Soothing, Synth, travel
AND we are back to regular posting schedule. What better way to kick off the week by welcoming all the new members of the Fuck the Radio family to an old favourite; A Bliss Abyss.
The North-Carolina based musician/psycho friend of mine has up and left his friends and family to hike the Appalachian trail solo with little resources to seek solitude. It’s some serious Into the Wild movie style shit, and standing at roughly 2,180 miles- the Appalachian trail passes through no less than 14 American states, and is one of the longest marked hiking trails in the world. Only one-quarter of those who attempt to hike the entire trail succeed. The journey typically takes six months to complete.
Anyway, enough of the geography lesson, you’re here for music; and A Bliss Abyss is one of the most talented and brilliant producers I have ever met. He released his EP for free download off of his website and is surviving entirely on the donations of fans.
The Moksha EP itself is one of the most beautifully crafted records of the year. I can’t recommend it more highly. An amazing blend of electronic music combined with guitar, topped off with brilliant production skills and an ear for incredible detail- this is something to have on repeat for quite a while. Grab it for free off of his website:
Filed under: BRILLIANT, Chilled, Chillwave, Electronica, Psychadelic | Tags: Brilliant, Chilled, Deep, Electronic, florida, Hypnotic, music, Soothing, Synth, Video, visual
Such talent can and has come into fruition with the discovery of the ‘bedroom producer’ age of music. Age, wealth and status is no longer an issue, as demonstrated by the BRILLIANTLY (that’s right everyone! TAGGING THIS ONE AS BRILLIANT) chilled sounds of XXYYXX, an under-age talent out of Orlando Florida who; just like a Japanese baby playing Through the Fire and Flames on ukulele will shatter your dreams of ever being a good guitarist; his magnificent music will shatter any dreams you had of ever being a super-talented producer (what an obscure reference, even for me).
About You was released late march earlier this year, but the video above came out a few days ago and is pretty fucking awesome itself. The rest of XXYYXX albums are also as consistently amazing and well worth checking out if you dig this lo-fi mellow electronica. Get on it so you can be all like “I liked him before he was cool” because seriously, people will cream themselves over this stuff.
Filed under: Chilled, Dance, Electronica, Upbeat | Tags: Chilled, Dance, Deep, Electronic, san fransico bay
The San Fransico bay area is a place teeming with creative aural gems, somewhere I’d really love to visit again to go for a good musical dig. A shining example is this fresh tune from B Flat titled With You released as a single by Soulection.
Danceable and upbeat, yet still maintaining an atmospheric vibe- With You is described by B Flat as being a song about a girl.
It was somewhat of a gloomy day at the beach, but the sun was still out.
I think that quote encapsulates the tone of the track quite well. While certainly not deep and moody, With You avoids sounding bright and twee- check out the free download bellow:
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/bflatinum
More by B Flat:
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: Chilled, Dubstep | Tags: Chilled, Deep, Dubstep, independant, lounge
So the past week or so I’ve been hard at work preparing for the launch of two new radio shows on 88.3 Southern FM (A Melbourne radio station). One is a monthly Fuck the Radio Radio Show which will obviously serve as a compliment to this blog, and will also be released as a Soundcloud podcast- so stay tuned for that!
The second is a weekly Dubstep show called Dubcage. Focusing primarily on filthy dubstep/drum and bass/drumstep/grime/moombahcore/trash and whatever other heavy bass music is out there. Check it out here.
Today I’m posting an underground chillstep remix by Mr. Blonde of a track called You Will Never Disapear. It’s not the kind of filthy shit you’ll hear if you listen to the Dubcage radio show, but I think it’s a happy compromise for this blog’s style.
Deep and melodic, You Will Never Disappear is a somewhat lounge-y style ambient bass track with some pretty piano flutterings. A very well produced track.
Download:
Ephk – You Will Never Disappear (Mr. Blonde remix)
Soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/mr-blonde-nl
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: Chilled, Dubstep | Tags: bass, Brilliant, Deep, Dubstep, Hypnotic, Soothing
In a way, I’ve had Skream on Fuck the Radio before nas part of the magnificent Magnetic Man trio with Benga and Artwork.
Midnight Request Line is worlds apart from Flying Into Tokyo however. Many hail it as the dubstep tune that really sparked the fire. Back when dubstep was much more chilled, Midnight Request Line‘s melody haunts over a deep rhythmic percussion line all topped up with Skream’s perfectly crafted sub-bass. Suitably grimey, if the world had music everywhere, this is something you’d hear in a dark alleyway at midnight. I’m tagging it in the ‘brilliant’ section too!
Skream – Midnight Request Line
Filed under: Dubstep, Mellow | Tags: bass, Deep, Dubstep, independant, spooky
There’s something slightly perturbing about this track. It could be the deep bass that drones on throughout, or it could be the subtle, ringing noises that haunts you as you listen. Either way, the juxtaposition between the filtered sections and break-beat dubsteppy elements make this an interesting listen. If it doesn’t win you over at first, give it some time and listen again… at night… on your own in the dark.
Jaydot – Mean Machine (Jamie Lee Rmx)
Sorry for missing a few days of posting… not going to lie, I decided I was going to play video games all week.
So I re-install Half Life 2 and play through that… Then HL2 Episode 1, then HL2 Episode 2… and all the way through I’m thinking how amazing the music is. This is not a blog about video games so I won’t talk about this too much, but my favourite part about Half Life 2 is its atmosphere- the dystopian future it is set in really has a personality of its own that contributes greatly to the way the game feels… one of the ways this is accomplished is through its amazing soundtrack.
I pulled up my Orange Box soundtrack in iTunes and gave it a listen- the Portal soundtrack is exceptional. Self Esteem Fund is a haunting ambient piece that adds a layer of depth to the isolated, lonely feeling that the game possesses at parts. But even better is the fact that on it’s own, it’s still great music, I recommend you give it a listen:
Portal Soundtrack – Self Esteem Fund
Filed under: Ambient, Dubstep, Psychadelic | Tags: ambient, bass, Deep, Dubstep, Hypnotic, Soothing, vocals
Came on shuffle in iTunes and I have no idea where/how/when I got this track, but man is it beautiful.
Deep bass accompanies these foreign sounding vocal parts, mixed in nicely with large filter-sweeping pad synths. Some native drum sounds give it an exotic feel, while the underlying subs give it a clear dubstep influence. Full quality download too, so it’s a real treat if you have a decent sound system.
Phaeleh – Healing (feat. Indi Kaur)
