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[ March 8, 2006 / bookmark ]

downstream / Prepared CD MP3s

Late last month, the No Type label reappeared following an extended absence with not one but six new releases, the immediate highlight being a tribute to musique concrete figure Francis Dhomont (see the February 24 Disquiet Downstream entry). Also among …

[ March 7, 2006 / bookmark ]

downstream / Loscil Drone MP3 Album

Vancouver, Canada-based Scott Morgan, who records as Loscil, has uploaded a dozen stunningly beautiful drones and drone extractions to the netlabel known simply as One (one.dot9.ca), under the general heading stases. Some of the tracks, like “biced” (MP3), …

[ March 6, 2006 / bookmark ]

downstream / Super-Silent MP3s

Asher composes music that’s a kind of sonic equivalent to our colloquial understanding of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principal, in that the more attention you pay to it, the more it changes. Whereas with most music, the louder you play it, …

[ March 3, 2006 / bookmark ]

downstream / Benny-Bartok Remix MP3s

The latest Iron Chef of Music competition is among its best yet. That number 43 outshines many of its predecessors in sheer listenability is expected, since it’s built on a sample of Benny Goodman playing Bela Bartok (MP3). For …