Free Music Friday: Following in the footsteps of Patrick Gleeson and Tomita, Robot City, aka Albin Meskes, has arranged Gustav Holst’s The Planets for synthesizers. You can get a taste of Robot City’s take on The Planets with Venus, below. You can download the full album at the Robot City site. Note: An email address is… Read More Free Music Friday: A Synthesized Version Of The Planets, By Gustav Holst
Free Music Friday: Synthesist Bakis Sirros sent word of DiNDDL10 Submission 01 – a 9-track synth-heavy net release: i participate with my collab (with Steve Law) project, ‘Memory Geist’ in this compilation. It’s track 9, and its full of Serge modular. Submission 01 features one track (or in some cases an edit) from each of the… Read More Free Music Friday – DiNDDL10 Submission 01 Compilation Album Is Chock Full ‘o’ Synths
Free Music Friday: My name is Marietta Cashman is the name of a long-lost collection of works created on the Buchla 100 by Hanna M.G. Shapero between 1968-69. Shapero explains: From 1967 through 1970 my father, composer Harold Shapero, was director of the Brandeis University electronic music studio. The studio was equipped with a Buchla… Read More Free Music Friday – Vintage Music For The Buchla 100, By A 14 Year-Old Girl
Free Music Friday: Synthtopia reader Martin Herron sends word of his new downtempo/glitch album, Headcleaner, which has been released as a free net release: IDMf netlabel has just released my first album, Headcleaner. It’s a collection of experimental, ambient, glitchy melodic IDM, in the vein of Plaid, Autechre, etc. You can preview and download the… Read More Free Album Download – Morpion’s Headcleaner
Free Music Friday: This is an improvised set by Scanner (Robin Rimbaud), recorded live at WGXC 90.7-FM: Hands-on Radio, on July 2, 2011 in Hudson, NY. “None of this material will be released in this format or played again in this fashion,” notes Scanner. “Download it, share and enjoy.” via disquiet
The Serge lovers at Quadslope.com have announced another free album of electronic music that features a heavy dose of Serge Modular goodness, Probe:2 The Quadslope Compilation. Here’s what they have to say about the new album: We are proud to report word of a new transmission received from the Quadslope Probe as it slides effortlessly… Read More Probe:2 The Quadslope Compilation
Free Music Friday: Synth addict Benjamin Cameron (Isotope of Me) recently reconfigured his modular synth setup, shown above, which also features Monome, Expert Sleepers software and Manta controller. After getting some new additions to the system working, it was time to get his synth on – so he recorded a track and shared it. Here’s… Read More Free Music Friday – Isotope Of Me’s ‘Heavy Heavy’
Free Music Friday: Danoteck’s BEAT The Machine is described as “a fast paced Drum N’ Bass journey through the awakening of ‘Binary Emulation of Advanced Thought’ or B.E.A.T.- A Supercomputer that becomes self aware.” But, while BEAT The Machine may be a drum and bass concept album, Danoteck doesn’t let the concept get the way of… Read More Danoteck’s BEAT The Machine
Free Music Friday: Synthesist Matthew Davidson has released Could Have the Skies – the third set of electronically processed ambient solo piano improvisations under the Escape Philosophy moniker. Here’s what Davidson has to say about the Could Have The Skies: The same rules apply as the previous Escape Philosophy releases; I don’t have a preconceived… Read More Free Music Friday: Matthew Davidson’s ‘Could Have The Skies’
Free Music Friday: Think Android music apps aren’t ready for prime-time yet? Coolout sent word to us about his album, The Rise, which was created using Android music apps. Coolout calls The Rise ‘the world’s first Android album’. All sounds were created and vocals recorded through an Android cell phone. Apps used: Virtual Amp, MusicGrid,… Read More Free Music Friday – The World’s First Album Made On An Android Phone
