downstream / Fisk Industries Remix MP3s
A Highpoint Lowlife EP released earlier this year collected three mixes by two artists of work by Fisk Industries. The one by Brassica (”Blood,” MP3) is thuddy and tautly wired, though the …
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[ July 23, 2008 / bookmark ]
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downstream / Four Drone MP3s from Primes
Murky drones are the thing on the Primes EP Psychwolf, a four-track set of meandering ventures into the woolly sonic hinterlands. Three of the tracks clock in at under four minutes, while the …
[ July 21, 2008 / bookmark ]
downstream / Retro-Futurist MP3s from Sonje de Gamma and Oldman
There’s much to distinguish Daidala by Sonje de Gamma and Oldman, but in the interest of time, check out the 10-track album’s final three tracks first. “Only This” (MP3), with which the …
[ July 20, 2008 / bookmark ]
field notes / Images of the Week: iPhone Beatmaker
Screenshots from the new music-making program, Beatmaker, designed for use on the iPhone. From top to bottom: (1) pads to “trigger and manipulate” samples, (2) a sequencer with a timeline interface, (3) live performance functionality, (4) set start and end …
[ July 19, 2008 / bookmark ]
field notes / Quote of the Week: Audience Gap
Over at her artsjournal.com/gap blog, “Mind the Gap,” which has the excellent subheading “No Genre Is the New Genre,” Molly Sheridan asks in a post that takes its title — “I Am (Not Alone) Sitting in a Concert Hall” …
[ July 18, 2008 / bookmark ]
downstream / Community-Filtered Beat MP3s
Not all charts are created equal. The wisdom of crowds can be a lot more convincing on a message board than on a sales chart. The top 10 albums of a given week, according to Soundscan, can be more a …
[ July 17, 2008 / bookmark ]
downstream / 21st-Century MP3 Variations by Adrian Kowalczewski
The collection of “short” pieces on Adrian Kowalczewski’s seven-song EP Short Dance Songs aren’t all danceable — except in the “intelligent dance music” sense of the word: jittery, blurpy figments of digital pop …
[ July 16, 2008 / bookmark ]
downstream / MP3 Single by This Is Output / Krister Kalin
There is continuing evidence that the netlabel may be, at its best, a singles medium. As the network of intentionally free music downloads has grown, the expanding listening options have inevitably complicated the selection process for consumers. (Yes, the material, …
[ July 15, 2008 / bookmark ]
downstream / Audio Bliss MP3 from Ryonkt
The slowly circulating drones of “Gray Sky,” a free download by Ryonkt, supply 17 minutes of audio bliss. Layers of sound appear occasionally with some suddenness, only to be absorbed immediately into the …
[ July 14, 2008 / bookmark ]
downstream / Helena Gough’s Un-Real-World MP3s
A British musician and sound artist living and working in Berlin, Helena Gough likes to say she makes something from nothing. She takes field recordings of our real world and creates new audioscapes …