CURRENT NEWS ITEMS INCLUDE:
LUMINA SOUNDS NEWS
SUTEMOS NEWS
Got any news - leave a comment here.
Sunday, 24 August 2008
MUSICZEIT
|[ MUSICZEIT ]||
MusicZeit is a new music download solution that aims to deliver both a better value on-line music purchasing experience as well as a bespoke self managed virtual store for artists & labels.
The former is achieved by concentrating on the quality of the audio with lossless FLAC files & high quality MP3’s in combination with high resolution downloadable artwork. Your purchased, downloaded music can thus be turned into a pro-quality physical product.
The latter allows artists & labels to run their own music download store. Free from any corporate branding you can upload your music / text / photos whenever you want. With our easy to use product / artist management systems you can feel connected to your on-line content knowing you can provide your customers with an unrivalled level of service & quality.
Listed below are some of the main benefits of the MusicZeit Download Platform.
For customers
Download / Burn / Print - have the album on your shelf, not just your hard drive
CD quality lossless downloads (FLAC), or
High quality MP3 (256K)
DRM free
High quality, printable artwork
Simple to navigate / search site
No adverts or other irrelevant clutter
Better than industry standard price / quality ratio
Easy to use "My Purchases" management
Lots of exclusive music
All legal with artists / labels getting paid
For labels / artists
The Download Platform with Extra Bandwidth
Create & manage your own download store with real time sales stats
High quality, DRM free, MP3 (256K) & CD quality lossless downloads (FLAC)
Edit your own 60 second preview samples, text & logos
Give your customers high quality, printable artwork
Link customers directly to your own store which you can choose to be branded or
unbranded with the Music Zeit logo
Upload your files via FTP so you can control when you release your music
Choose your own prices (subject to recommended minimums)
Price your music in UK Pounds, Euros or US Dollars
You are paid 50% of selling price after deduction of relevant fees/taxes
All legal site reporting sales to MCPS
Visit the MUSICZEIT website:
Web: www.musiczeit.com
Email: info@musiczeit.com
MusicZeit is a new music download solution that aims to deliver both a better value on-line music purchasing experience as well as a bespoke self managed virtual store for artists & labels.
The former is achieved by concentrating on the quality of the audio with lossless FLAC files & high quality MP3’s in combination with high resolution downloadable artwork. Your purchased, downloaded music can thus be turned into a pro-quality physical product.
The latter allows artists & labels to run their own music download store. Free from any corporate branding you can upload your music / text / photos whenever you want. With our easy to use product / artist management systems you can feel connected to your on-line content knowing you can provide your customers with an unrivalled level of service & quality.
Listed below are some of the main benefits of the MusicZeit Download Platform.
For customers
Download / Burn / Print - have the album on your shelf, not just your hard drive
CD quality lossless downloads (FLAC), or
High quality MP3 (256K)
DRM free
High quality, printable artwork
Simple to navigate / search site
No adverts or other irrelevant clutter
Better than industry standard price / quality ratio
Easy to use "My Purchases" management
Lots of exclusive music
All legal with artists / labels getting paid
For labels / artists
The Download Platform with Extra Bandwidth
Create & manage your own download store with real time sales stats
High quality, DRM free, MP3 (256K) & CD quality lossless downloads (FLAC)
Edit your own 60 second preview samples, text & logos
Give your customers high quality, printable artwork
Link customers directly to your own store which you can choose to be branded or
unbranded with the Music Zeit logo
Upload your files via FTP so you can control when you release your music
Choose your own prices (subject to recommended minimums)
Price your music in UK Pounds, Euros or US Dollars
You are paid 50% of selling price after deduction of relevant fees/taxes
All legal site reporting sales to MCPS
Visit the MUSICZEIT website:
Web: www.musiczeit.com
Email: info@musiczeit.com
Friday, 22 August 2008
Sleepy Town Manufacture Downloads.
We found this post at the Sleepy Town Manufacture Myspace page:
9 years
stown.org says...
It's 9 years to stm and we would like to let you listen all of our music for free. We just thought - why not, and uploaded every stm released and unreleased album, lives and mixes to ftp. but we have no time to make it look good, so it's just ftp, without passwords, though with zip archives and some notes. enjoy. I will try to keep it updated
http://radio.crimusic.info/sleepy/
Also, there will be new stm ep soon enough, on monotonik netlabel.
It's a four track ep, two from 2007 summer, they were recorded when I was in montenegro, very inspiring; and the other two are really new, though they sound like stm old ones :) some nice reminders.
9 years
stown.org says...
It's 9 years to stm and we would like to let you listen all of our music for free. We just thought - why not, and uploaded every stm released and unreleased album, lives and mixes to ftp. but we have no time to make it look good, so it's just ftp, without passwords, though with zip archives and some notes. enjoy. I will try to keep it updated
http://radio.crimusic.info/sleepy/
Also, there will be new stm ep soon enough, on monotonik netlabel.
It's a four track ep, two from 2007 summer, they were recorded when I was in montenegro, very inspiring; and the other two are really new, though they sound like stm old ones :) some nice reminders.
Friday, 8 August 2008
Master Marherita - Podcast Stoner Mix
Catch the latest podcast from Master Margherita - Stoner Mix.
Track List:
- Samuel Hall Band - live at the Ejma, intro concert june 07
- Gülün Kokusu Vardı - Pencereden Kar Geliyor
- Samuel Hall Band - Opus 5 test1 (Master Margherita rmx)
- Robert Rich - Never alone
- Krill Minima - Nautica
- A Small Good Thing - Someplace South of Here
- Biosphere - People are friends
- Trentemøller - The very last resort
- Master Margherita & Samuel Hall Band - Sam Hall is back
- Bohren und Der Club of Gore - MIttelfinger
- Samuel Hall Band - Hell's Bells
- Bohren und Der Club of Gore - Grave Wisdom
- Miniloge - Even The Wind Seemed In Deep Sleep
- Magic Square of the Sun - Utopian Moan Garden
- Brian Eno - Lanzarote
Track List:
- Samuel Hall Band - live at the Ejma, intro concert june 07
- Gülün Kokusu Vardı - Pencereden Kar Geliyor
- Samuel Hall Band - Opus 5 test1 (Master Margherita rmx)
- Robert Rich - Never alone
- Krill Minima - Nautica
- A Small Good Thing - Someplace South of Here
- Biosphere - People are friends
- Trentemøller - The very last resort
- Master Margherita & Samuel Hall Band - Sam Hall is back
- Bohren und Der Club of Gore - MIttelfinger
- Samuel Hall Band - Hell's Bells
- Bohren und Der Club of Gore - Grave Wisdom
- Miniloge - Even The Wind Seemed In Deep Sleep
- Magic Square of the Sun - Utopian Moan Garden
- Brian Eno - Lanzarote
Chad Hoefler's take on the future of ambient music.
We asked musician Chad Hoefler:
What do you think the future holds for ambient music?
Forecasting the future is always difficult, but I assume (and hope) that ambient music will still be flourishing. The advent and popularity of digital distribution and music production software has resulted in an explosion of ambient artists and labels: there has probably been more ambient music made this decade than previous decades combined. Technology has rapidly facilitated the exchange from musician to listener, which has pros and cons. I suspect, however, that ambient music will always appeal only to a small faction of music listeners. It lacks many of the characteristics we commonly find in commercially successful music, it often requires patience, and it simply sounds too bizarre or too boring to most people. Perhaps with larger exposure though, ambient music will blossom into the future. Who knows?
What do you think the future holds for ambient music?
Forecasting the future is always difficult, but I assume (and hope) that ambient music will still be flourishing. The advent and popularity of digital distribution and music production software has resulted in an explosion of ambient artists and labels: there has probably been more ambient music made this decade than previous decades combined. Technology has rapidly facilitated the exchange from musician to listener, which has pros and cons. I suspect, however, that ambient music will always appeal only to a small faction of music listeners. It lacks many of the characteristics we commonly find in commercially successful music, it often requires patience, and it simply sounds too bizarre or too boring to most people. Perhaps with larger exposure though, ambient music will blossom into the future. Who knows?
Matt (ISHQ) Hillier's take on the future of ambient music.
We asked Ishq musician Matt Hillier:
What do you think the future holds for ambient music?
Ambient is a blurred term, always was ...
Music of the invisible and indivisible.
Simple
Pure math
Geometric shape meets sound
Self same self similiar
The fractal like nature of human perception means repetition is ultimately not the nature of life but a cyclic point in space so rigid patterns of 4 will be replaced over time by complex multiples of this, 5 being the next progression maybe.
Universal is Fractal and Life spiral like - music will begin to be more and more fractal and dna like, evolving progressions and non cyclic and more linear in structure, worlds within worlds.
Miraculous music will appear over time, able to move the human being beyond their own sense of time and space and replace drugs and also able to initate humans into a higher level of being in large groups and act as a conduit for Evolutionary Forces and the guiding force of Love. Sound will manifest the future as sound was 'in the beginning '.
The future ambient music will be more and more about works of beauty and love and more and more about people co-creating with Genesis in mind and motivated by this Force.
Hope that makes sense, for me its an act of service and I believe music is the force which evolves matter or one and the missing link in some sense.
Fractal and non rigid formless music is where I feel the future lies, the future lies in creating truly Magic music which has a magical effect on the listener and this required Invocation and the ability to connect with and also act as a conduit for forces outside ourself to a degree and also believe in the power of sound. This is where the future lies.Anything else is history .Style is frozen in time and tradition and for me tedious when there is so much left to be invented. Timeless styless music is the future.
Love is universal, music which reflects this Eternal Love will transcend time and is the future music .
Matt
What do you think the future holds for ambient music?
Ambient is a blurred term, always was ...
Music of the invisible and indivisible.
Simple
Pure math
Geometric shape meets sound
Self same self similiar
The fractal like nature of human perception means repetition is ultimately not the nature of life but a cyclic point in space so rigid patterns of 4 will be replaced over time by complex multiples of this, 5 being the next progression maybe.
Universal is Fractal and Life spiral like - music will begin to be more and more fractal and dna like, evolving progressions and non cyclic and more linear in structure, worlds within worlds.
Miraculous music will appear over time, able to move the human being beyond their own sense of time and space and replace drugs and also able to initate humans into a higher level of being in large groups and act as a conduit for Evolutionary Forces and the guiding force of Love. Sound will manifest the future as sound was 'in the beginning '.
The future ambient music will be more and more about works of beauty and love and more and more about people co-creating with Genesis in mind and motivated by this Force.
Hope that makes sense, for me its an act of service and I believe music is the force which evolves matter or one and the missing link in some sense.
Fractal and non rigid formless music is where I feel the future lies, the future lies in creating truly Magic music which has a magical effect on the listener and this required Invocation and the ability to connect with and also act as a conduit for forces outside ourself to a degree and also believe in the power of sound. This is where the future lies.Anything else is history .Style is frozen in time and tradition and for me tedious when there is so much left to be invented. Timeless styless music is the future.
Love is universal, music which reflects this Eternal Love will transcend time and is the future music .
Matt
Carbon Based Lifeforms on The Future of Electronic Music
We asked Carbon Based Lifeforms:
What do you think the future holds for electronic music?
One thing that already happened and will grow is collaborations via the internet. Take H.U.V.A. Network for example, Vince in France and Magnus in Sweden using the internet to write an album together. Also the distribution of music is changing. One could be his own label and use internet shops for selling and forums for promotion.
What developments are you looking forward to?
More synths like Access Virus TI. Hardware seamless integrated in the software. A hardware synth with only one connector, like firewire.
Laptops are getting so powerful that its now quite possible to write music on the fly wherever you are, and with all the new powerful softsynths and possible more portable synths there's some quite interesting possibilities.
Why do you think electronic ambient music has become so popular?
I recently introduced a female Drum n Bass-DJ to ambient and her response was nothing but positive. She said something like: "In every track there's a whole new world of dreams to explore". And I think that is the key, being able to listen and drift away for a while without having to dance or nothing. Good trips without drugs if you will.
What do you think the future holds for electronic music?
One thing that already happened and will grow is collaborations via the internet. Take H.U.V.A. Network for example, Vince in France and Magnus in Sweden using the internet to write an album together. Also the distribution of music is changing. One could be his own label and use internet shops for selling and forums for promotion.
What developments are you looking forward to?
More synths like Access Virus TI. Hardware seamless integrated in the software. A hardware synth with only one connector, like firewire.
Laptops are getting so powerful that its now quite possible to write music on the fly wherever you are, and with all the new powerful softsynths and possible more portable synths there's some quite interesting possibilities.
Why do you think electronic ambient music has become so popular?
I recently introduced a female Drum n Bass-DJ to ambient and her response was nothing but positive. She said something like: "In every track there's a whole new world of dreams to explore". And I think that is the key, being able to listen and drift away for a while without having to dance or nothing. Good trips without drugs if you will.
Robert Rich - Prehistory of Ambient Music
What lead up to modern ambient music - how did it get started - who were it's forerunners - what was your early vision?
I think the stream for this music has flowed parallel to other musical streams all along. Of the many roles that music plays - entertainment, mating ritual, storytelling, news transmission, protest, etc. - there are also the roles of shamanic ritual, medicine chant, devotional music and such which I feel predated our modern forms of "ambient." We can't ignore 20th century mavericks like Eric Satie, John Cage, Harry Partch, Lou Harrison, and other pre-1960 composers who widened the definitions of music and challenged the intellectual traditions of Western art-music. In the 1960's we had the immense influence of minimalism and psychedelia. Terry Riley, LaMonte Young, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich and others loom very large as pioneers in new tonality and deep listening. After that, of course, came the inrush of psychedelic-inspired spacemusic from Germany and elsewhere. That music was a big early influence on me, along with Brian Eno, who did a good job of synthesizing the ideas of John Cage and Cornelius Cardew into his "ambient" vocabulary.
However I think the composers that influenced me most from the point of view of compositional ideology were the sound environment artists like Annea Lockwood, Pauline Oliveros, Marianne Amocher and Bill Fontana. Their ideas of using rarefied and relocated environmental recording to heighten the listener's attention gave me the inspiration for my Sleep Concerts, as did Terry Riley's all night organ improvisations, and the Wayang puppet plays of Indonesia, fluxus events and other such intense long-form music. I feel that no single person or people innovated this music from a vacuum. We all come from the point of view of "slow art" and Deep Listening.
- Robert Rich
I think the stream for this music has flowed parallel to other musical streams all along. Of the many roles that music plays - entertainment, mating ritual, storytelling, news transmission, protest, etc. - there are also the roles of shamanic ritual, medicine chant, devotional music and such which I feel predated our modern forms of "ambient." We can't ignore 20th century mavericks like Eric Satie, John Cage, Harry Partch, Lou Harrison, and other pre-1960 composers who widened the definitions of music and challenged the intellectual traditions of Western art-music. In the 1960's we had the immense influence of minimalism and psychedelia. Terry Riley, LaMonte Young, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich and others loom very large as pioneers in new tonality and deep listening. After that, of course, came the inrush of psychedelic-inspired spacemusic from Germany and elsewhere. That music was a big early influence on me, along with Brian Eno, who did a good job of synthesizing the ideas of John Cage and Cornelius Cardew into his "ambient" vocabulary.
However I think the composers that influenced me most from the point of view of compositional ideology were the sound environment artists like Annea Lockwood, Pauline Oliveros, Marianne Amocher and Bill Fontana. Their ideas of using rarefied and relocated environmental recording to heighten the listener's attention gave me the inspiration for my Sleep Concerts, as did Terry Riley's all night organ improvisations, and the Wayang puppet plays of Indonesia, fluxus events and other such intense long-form music. I feel that no single person or people innovated this music from a vacuum. We all come from the point of view of "slow art" and Deep Listening.
- Robert Rich
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
