Ambient artist Daniel Davis (Carl Sagan’s Ghost) has published his take on the best free music of 2010.
Davis’s best of 2010 list focuses mainly on experimental and ambient music:
Once again the netlabel artists have proven that net-releases are the place to go if you like ambient, experimental, and electronic music. This niche-of-a-niche community of sound-sculpting, bed-room recorders and producers are the ones pushing the boundaries of the medium and genres.
Not all of the albums listed will be of the ambient-electronic-experimental varieties, but most will. There will also be some hip hop, post-rock and indie-rock scattered throughout. But the vast majority will most definitely be in the non-pop/rock, atmospheric, ambient categories. So if you don’t like the drone, glitch, and softly-ambling-waves-of-sound and densely textured pads and soundscapes, you may not get a whole lot out of this list.
Like last year, Davis has come up with a list of must-download music from a variety of artists that you may not have heard of before.
You can preview one of his selections, Mind Over MIDI’s Post-Lunch Dip 1, below.
Part 1 of his best free music of 2010 is available here; part 2 here. Bookmark it and check out some great new music when you’ve got a chance!
I can also highly recommend these free albums http://www.kahvi.org/releases.php?release_number=… and http://www.archive.org/details/mtk215 😉 Some Global-Comms-styled space ambient for free!
I can also highly recommend these free albums http://www.kahvi.org/releases.php?release_number=… and http://www.archive.org/details/mtk215 😉 Some Global-Comms-styled space ambient for free!
I can also highly recommend these free albums http://www.kahvi.org/releases.php?release_number=… and http://www.archive.org/details/mtk215 😉 Some Global-Comms-styled space ambient for free!
I can also highly recommend these free albums http://www.kahvi.org/releases.php?release_number=… and http://www.archive.org/details/mtk215 😉 Some Global-Comms-styled space ambient for free!
I can also highly recommend these free albums http://www.kahvi.org/releases.php?release_number=… and http://www.archive.org/details/mtk215 😉 Some Global-Comms-styled space ambient for free!
I can also highly recommend these free albums http://www.kahvi.org/releases.php?release_number=… and http://www.archive.org/details/mtk215 😉 Some Global-Comms-styled space ambient for free!
I have to agree. This is the age of the net label, which is great for both musicians and listeners.
My favourite free compliation from a Net Label this year is Tympanik Audio.
http://tympanikaudio.com/news/3153/tympanik-audio…
Awesome mix of IDM and Post-Industrial.
http://www.distaudio.com
I have to agree. This is the age of the net label, which is great for both musicians and listeners.
My favourite free compliation from a Net Label this year is Tympanik Audio.
http://tympanikaudio.com/news/3153/tympanik-audio…
Awesome mix of IDM and Post-Industrial.
http://www.distaudio.com
I have to agree. This is the age of the net label, which is great for both musicians and listeners.
My favourite free compliation from a Net Label this year is Tympanik Audio.
http://tympanikaudio.com/news/3153/tympanik-audio…
Awesome mix of IDM and Post-Industrial.
http://www.distaudio.com
I have to agree. This is the age of the net label, which is great for both musicians and listeners.
My favourite free compliation from a Net Label this year is Tympanik Audio.
http://tympanikaudio.com/news/3153/tympanik-audio…
Awesome mix of IDM and Post-Industrial.
http://www.distaudio.com
I have to agree. This is the age of the net label, which is great for both musicians and listeners.
My favourite free compliation from a Net Label this year is Tympanik Audio.
http://tympanikaudio.com/news/3153/tympanik-audio…
Awesome mix of IDM and Post-Industrial.
http://www.distaudio.com
I have to agree. This is the age of the net label, which is great for both musicians and listeners.
My favourite free compliation from a Net Label this year is Tympanik Audio.
http://tympanikaudio.com/news/3153/tympanik-audio…
Awesome mix of IDM and Post-Industrial.
http://www.distaudio.com
"This niche-of-a-niche community of sound-sculpting, bed-room recorders and producers are the ones pushing the boundaries of the medium and genres."
Totally agree, since a while nothing really interesting happens in the "industry world".
I also did a best netlabel releases of 2010, my list isn't as far-reaching as the CSG one, but it's got some great ambient and experimental stuff on it that I think is worthy of checking out. http://www.vuzhmusic.com/blog/2010/12/19/best-of-…
I also did a best netlabel releases of 2010, my list isn't as far-reaching as the CSG one, but it's got some great ambient and experimental stuff on it that I think is worthy of checking out. http://www.vuzhmusic.com/blog/2010/12/19/best-of-…
I also did a best netlabel releases of 2010, my list isn't as far-reaching as the CSG one, but it's got some great ambient and experimental stuff on it that I think is worthy of checking out. http://www.vuzhmusic.com/blog/2010/12/19/best-of-…
I also did a best netlabel releases of 2010, my list isn't as far-reaching as the CSG one, but it's got some great ambient and experimental stuff on it that I think is worthy of checking out. http://www.vuzhmusic.com/blog/2010/12/19/best-of-…
I also did a best netlabel releases of 2010, my list isn't as far-reaching as the CSG one, but it's got some great ambient and experimental stuff on it that I think is worthy of checking out. http://www.vuzhmusic.com/blog/2010/12/19/best-of-…
I also did a best netlabel releases of 2010, my list isn't as far-reaching as the CSG one, but it's got some great ambient and experimental stuff on it that I think is worthy of checking out. http://www.vuzhmusic.com/blog/2010/12/19/best-of-…