65daysofstatic, The Destruction of Small Ideas

UK, 2007

The Destruction of Small Ideas is 65daysofstatic's third and most recent album. The album's beauty speaks for itself. Also, 65dos counted on Circle Takes The Square for the perfect ending.

Playlist:

1 - When We Were Younger & Better
2 - A Failsafe
3 - Don't Go Down to Sorrow
4 - Wax Futures
5 - These Things You Can't Unlearn
6 - Lyonesse
7 - Music is Music as Devices are Kisses is Everything
8 - The Distant and Mechanised Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties
9 - Little Victories
10 - Primer
11 - White Peak/Dark Peak
12 - The Conspiracy of Seeds

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Cynic, Traced in Air

U.S., 2008

Cynic has completely done it again. I've been unknowingly longing for this record for the past 15 years. This is a finely woven piece of pure technical and progressive metal, by almost all of the same veterans who had set a landmark with Focus back in 1993.
Coherently interlaced, the 35 minute long passage composed of trademark incisive music, will most certainly – shall we not give in to prejudice – blow you away.


Playlist:

1. Nunc Fluens
2. The Space For This
3. Evolutionary Sleeper
4. Integral Birth
5. The Unknown Guest
6. Adam's Murmur
7. King Of Those Who Know
8. Nunc Stans

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The (Fallen) Black Deer, Requiem

U.S., 2008.

The first release for The (Fallen) Black Deer is out on Southern Records as part of their Latitudes sessions. These sessions consist of one day in the Southern Studios in which as much was done as possible and include other bands like White Magic, Grails and Miasma & The Carousel Of Headless Horses. This instrumental album was created as an alternative soundtrack to Kubrick's The Shining, and combines post-rock, post-metal and sludge.

Playlist:

1. What Are Fears But Voices Airy?
2. Through the Dark Night and The Deepest Snow
3. Things of The Past and Yet to Come
4. This Axe is Restless
5. Hidden
6. Such Heroes Have Lived
7. I Seek To Kill My Son
8. These Halls are Full of Blood
9. A Love Lost
10. Eternal Dust of the Dust

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Gordian Knot, Emergent

U.S., 2003

Gordian Knot is the instrumental brainchild of bassist Sean Malone (Cynic, O.S.I.) that defines – counting on a cast of invited world-renowned musicians – a genre somewhere between progressive rock and metal, with a large variety of influences.
This sophomore album is a finely constructed journey and recollection of some of the most memorable and natural music around.



Playlist:

1. Arsis
2. Muttersprache
3. A Shaman's Whisper
4. Fischer's Gambit
5. Grace (Live)
6. Some Brighter Thing
7. The Brooke The Ocean
8. Singing Deep Mountain
9. Surround Me

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John Murphy, 28 Days Later OST

UK, 2003

You have probably watched 28 Days Later, and whether you liked it or not, I'm sure you've paid attention to the soundtrack. John Murphy creates a gloomy environment, adequate for the film, combining post-rock and electronic. He used a heavily edited version of Godspeed You! Black Emperor's track "East Hastings". However, the song was excluded from the soundtrack, because its rights were only obtained for the film.

Playlist:

1. The Beginning
2. Rage
3. The Church
4. Jim's Parents (Abide With Me)
5. Then There Were 2
6. Tower Block
7. Taxi (Ave Maria)
8. The Tunnel
9. A.M. 180 (Grandaddy)
10. An Ending (Ascent) (Brian Eno)
11. No More Films
12. Jim's Dream
13. In Paradisum
14. Frank's Death - Soldiers (Requiem In D Minor)
15. 'I Promised Them Women'
16. The Search For Jim
17. Red Dresses
18. In The House - In a Heartbeat
19. The End
20. Season Song (Blue States)
21. End Credits

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Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Self-titled

US, 2008

Jason Schimmel's most recent project, this album features Estradasphere and Secret Chiefs 3 bandmates. From one of the very few reviews I could find:

"It swings, it sways, it grooves and it rocks-these guys can play anything with frighteningly epic precision: eccentric lounge, Italian Giallo, futuristic metal, café’ Romany, near eastern jazz. These are merely vague points of reference as descriptions like these don’t do the music justice. These tracks are lean and tasty without a spec of fat on the plate blending classic retro styles with new ideas that cannot be properly articulated. "


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Amon Düül II, Yeti

Germany, 1970.

Founded in 1969, in Munich, Amon Düül II are considered to be one of the founding bands of krautrock, as well as a milestone in german rock music. Yeti, their second release, is an experimental album, containing long, psychedelic and purely improvised tracks.

Playlist:

1. Soap Shop Rock a) Burning Sister b) Hallucination Guillotine c) Gulp A Sonata d) Flesh-Coloured Anti-Aircraft Alarm
2. She Came Through The Chimney
3. Archangels Thunderbird
4. Cerberus
5. The Return Of Ruebezahl
6. Eye-Shaking King
7. Pale Gallery
8. Yeti (Improvisation)
9. Yeti Talks To Yogi (Improvisation)
10. Sandoz In The Rain (Improvisation)

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DeVotchKa, A Mad And Faithful Telling

US, 2008

DeVotchKa fuses Gypsy, Greek, Slavic and Mariachi influences with American folk roots. They were nominated four times by the Academy Awards and were to win a Grammy for Best Soundtrack because of their contribution to the film Little Miss Sunshine. A Mad And Faithful Telling is their latest release.

Playlist:

1. Basso Profundo
2. Along The Way
3. The Clockwise Witness
4. Head Honcho
5. Comrade Z
6. Transliterator
7. Blessing In Disguise
8. Undone
9. Strizzalo
10. New World

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Our Last Hope Lost Hope, Self-titled

Sweden, 2003.

Our Last Hope Lost Hope is a ten-piece post-rock band and this is their debut. However, don't expect a commonplace instrumental post-rock album: their music is absolutely epic and extraordinarily beautiful.

Playlist:

1. Godsstation
2. Alternative Ending
3. Jonas' Jive
4. Sösjö 1
5. "And From This Chasm, With Ceaseless Turmoil Seething"
6. To Make It All Worth While (Chaplin's Last Dance)

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Kayo Dot, Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue

U.S., 2006.

Kayo Dot is an avant-garde group that was formed in 2003 by Toby Driver after the disband of maudlin of the Well. Their experimental and complexly instrumented music bridges several genres, from metal to classical music.

Playlist:

1. Gemini Becoming The Tripod
2. Immortelle And Paper Caravelle
3. Aura On An Asylum Wall
4. ___ On Limpid Form
5. Amaranth The Peddler

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Noekk, The Water Sprite

Germany, 2005.

Full of atmospheric doom yet strangely alluring, The Water Sprite opens with soft piano arpeggios that herald a peaceful walk through nature, then suddenly delivers a sonic blow in an avalanche of instrumental frenzy before retreating into itself again. Extremely moody, it exudes a mysticism and gloomy melencholy not unlike ÄNGLAGÅRD or LANDBERK and, to a certain extent, KING CRIMSON for the keyboard work. The lyrics are appropriately serious and profound (one of the tracks, btw. is penned J.R.R. Tolkien). Experimental, moody, intriguing. (ProgArchives)

Playlist:

1. The Watersprite
2. T.B.'s Notion
3. Strange Mountain
4. How Fortunate the Man with None
5. The Fiery Flower
6. Moonface is Dead
7. The Riddle Seeker

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65daysofstatic, One Time For All Time

England, 2005.

65daysofstatic are a math/post-rock band from Sheffield, United Kingdom. Initially, the band interspersed heavy, progressive, guitar-driven instrumental sections with off-beat sampled drums akin to those of Aphex Twin, although in this album, their second release, they have developed their work to include more experimental keyboard parts. This file includes two bonus tracks.

Playlist:

1. Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here
2. Await Rescue
3. Kid
4. Welcome To The Times
5. Mean Low Water
6. Climbing On Roofs [Desperate Edit]
7. The Big Afraid
8. Doesn't Understand You
9. Radio Protector
10. Aod
11. The Major Cities Of The World Are Being Destroyed One By One By The Monsters

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Mothlite, The Flax Of Reverie

England, 2008.

Mothlite is yet another project of multi-instrumentalist and composer Daniel O'Sullivan (Guapo, Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses, Æthenor). This first album, The Flax Of Reverie, is a beautiful blend of experimental, post-rock and drone, highly recommended.

Playlist:

1. Riverside
2. The One In The Water
3. The Untouched Dew
4. Neverbegoodwood
5. Cauldron
6. Hypnogogue

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