Music Recommendations – magical ambient scapes and laid back beats
4 releases that need your attention and should certainly be in your music collection.
Do It All – Phnom Penh, Relaunch
If you’re in Phnom Penh on Saturday the 3rd of November, be sure to drop in to the ‘Do It All‘ Club on Street 174. The venue has been revamped with even more improvements to come. To celebrate they’re throwing a relaunch party, free entry, drinks & live performances. Beats & bass with be served […]
Virtual painting wall using recycled electronics: The Art of Virtual Obsolescence
We shared our experiences overcoming obstacles restricting us from creating digital art. We proved it is possible. All you need is a good idea, a little bit of research and help from your friends. Believe in yourself, you can do it.
Eomac – Mnk Ep – reviewed by Noise
The Mnk EP is his first release for Irish collective Invisible Agent. It’s a dark and trippy affair, drawing on halfstep and breakbeat rhythms throughout. Trudging along, it channels Zomby-esque psychedelia and dark electro influenced electronica from the genres heyday at the turn of the century.
Netabel Tracker #12: FeedbackLoop Label
Founder Leonardo Rosado and artist Gacouganol continue their innovative quests to combine exciting new sounds, stunning visuals and poetry on their Netlabel FeedbackLoop. They truly are champions of Creative Commons and the Netlabel cause. What’s so special about FeedbackLoop Label Consistancy and quality are certainly traits I associate with FeedbackLoop label. They release intriguing CDr, […]
Win a copy of Bliss, a simple and accurate audio tagger and album artwork finder
Dan Gravell has given us an unlimited version of his excellent audio tagging and album artwork finder worth $50. To win this very useful and time saving software, all you have to do is answer 1 simple question.
Bliss: the music lovers personal assistant
When you add or update music to your collection, Bliss automatically assesses the music against your rules, fixing what it can, and letting you know if it cannot. It can rename files, folders, assign the correct tags and even automatically embeds the proper album artwork. So lets see how Bliss handled some tests I threw at it, I was purposely trying to catch Bliss out:
Virtual painting wall at TEDx Phnom Penh
Warren Daly from Invisible Agent and Chhan Dina presented at this years TEDx in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The event combined live speakers with TED video screenings and discussions on the 15th of October 2011. Their presentation was entitled ‘The art of virtual obsolescence’ and they displayed a working example of an interactive graffiti and painting wall constructed from recycled electronic equipment.
A blast from the past and the future
A brief and incomplete history of undermine, lakker and suburban cutting champions
Happy Equinox! Best of Dub, Ragga, Dubstep, Drum & Bass: Equinox, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
September Equinox is a time of balance when “day and night are equal”, well almost equal. It marks the beginning of winter preparations and is a time to respect the impending dark while giving thanks to the sunlight.
Sort out your digital life, get ready to tag
We all know tagging is important, right? After observing a friend spend endless hours submerged in iTunes, meticulously tagging and rating their music collection track by track, I realized I was naive to think most online music distributors tag their files correctly. You know your digital life is a mess when you see files called […]
Flying free on Bandcamp: Danseizure – ‘This is Danseizure’ now available
Danseizure a.k.a Dan Gorman has been with us since our inception in 2000. His previous albums ‘At Home with’ and ‘Let’s not go out’ were released free of charge in 2002 and 2005 respectively. Since then, thousands of listeners have enjoyed Dan’s wonderful creations. The monster track ‘throw’ sparkled and stood out on the first […]
Ghostkid: Things That Go Dub In The Night – Reviewed
It’s been about 4 months since I heard Donny Jankowski’s last output, The Unlikely Future of Reverse Engineering. His latest album ‘Things That Go Dub In The Night’ on BFW Recordings is different in many ways but you can immediately identify Ghostkid’s sound and that’s a wonderful gift.
Netabel Tracker #11: Born Digital – A new audiovisual Netlabel is born
A media collective called Born Digital has just launched as a new audio visual netlabel. The individuals involved are experience and professional audio and visual producers. Boasting a list of versatile multimedia artists including Marsman, Takuma Nakata, Jonathan Read, Julien Mier, Daan Kars and Zumi, they are set to push the Netlabel cause even further. For more information visit their website netlabel information page.
Art is born from democracy: Leonardo Rosado’s new album – opaque glitter
Opaque glitter is an excellent ambient album that has plenty of experimental elements and found sounds. It remains inviting and evokes further intrigue, making you content to start the journey all over again. Recommended.
Tumbleweed or Twitter?
If you’re not one of the folk following me on Twitter, it would seem like I’ve dropped off the face of the planet. I’ve found it difficult time wise to update the site as much as I would like. Never fear, the AgentCast / Podcast series is always in progress. That being said, if you […]
More electronica and live ambient music downloads
A quick reminder for you to get some quality megabytes saved to your hard drives this weekend. If you’re keen on completely improvised, live ambient music, check out Bing Satellites sixth installment in the Twilight Sessions series. Each live performance starts as a blank canvas and evolves in to atmospheric soundscapes with drifts of clarinet,voice […]
Netlabel Tracker #10: Archaic Horizon
Discovering great new music is gratifying, but some days the thought of scouring the web for freshly pressed tunes can impede even the most determined of us. Recommendations are king, right? So I was delighted to received a commendation for Archaic Horizon from a friend and music producer Bluefood several weeks ago. I knew that […]