Philip Glass, Glassworks

US, 1982.

Glassworks is a chamber music work of six movements by Philip Glass. It is regarded as being a characteristically Glass-like work. Following his larger-scale concert and stage works, "Glassworks" was Philip Glass' successful attempt to create a more pop-oriented "Walkman-suitable" work, with considerably shorter and more accessible pieces written for the recording studio.

Playlist:

1. Opening
2. Floe
3. Island
4. Rubric
5. Facades
6. Closing
7. In The Upper Room: Dance I
8. In The Upper Room: Dance II
9. In The Upper Room: Dance V
10. In The Upper Room: Dance VIII
11. In The Upper Room: Dance IX

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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Kollaps Tradixionales

Canada, 2010.

Kollaps Tradixionales is the sixth full-length album by the Canadian post-rock group, Thee Silver Mt. Zion, this time under the name Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra.

Playlist:

1. There Is Light
2. I Built Myself A Metal Bird
3. I Fed My Metal Bird The Wings Of Other Metal Birds
4. Kollapz Tradixional (Thee Olde Dirty Flag)
5. Collapse Traditional (For Darling)
6. Kollaps Tradicional (Bury 3 Dynamos)
7. 'Piphany Rambler

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Apse, Spirit

US, 2006.

Apse was formed in 1999 in Newtown, Connecticut as a three-piece while the members were still in high school. The group made purely instrumental ambient rock until about 2003, when reverberant lead vocals by Bobby became a regular part of the band’s songs.

Amidst a shifting lineup, the group moved away from the trappings of “post-rock” territory to write and record its debut full-length album – the tribal, atmospheric Spirit, released in 2006.

Playlist:

1. (Intro)
2. From the North
3. Legions
4. Shade of the Moor
5. (Transition)
6. The Crowned
7. Wind Through the Walls
8. Blackwood Gates
9. Earth Covers Us
10. Spirit

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Aufgang, Self-titled

France, 2009.

Aufgang is the reunion of two acoustic grand pianos and electronics. "They blend pianos, live drums and techno-inspired electronics into invigorating displays of virtuosity."

Playlist:

1. Channel 7
2. Channel 8
3. Barock
4. Sonar
5. Prélude du Passé
6. Good Generation
7. 3 Vitesses
8. Aufgang
9. Soumission

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The Abbasi Brothers, Something Like Nostalgia

US, 2008.

The Abbasi Brothers are, coincidentally, two brothers from Manhattan who make beautiful ambient/electronic/shoegaze/post-rock inspired music, akin to Hammock. This is their debut album.

Playlist:

1. Stacy's Day Parade
2. Kompa
3. Something like Nostalgia
4. Camera Flashes Blue
5. The Way of the Wanderer
6. Dreams of a Graffiti Artist
7. The Social Evening (in 1992)
8. Mr. Boe
9. A Long Weekend
10. In a Field
11. Playtime in Spacetime
12. Approaching the End
13. Fragments of Memories as a Child
14. Reprise
15. Clouds are Sleeping

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Let There Be Light, The Setting Sun EP

Italy, 2009.

Let There Be Light is an Italian duo based in Toronto, formed by Marco Porsia and Piero Frenguelli in 2007. Their first self-released product is this 5 track EP. Their sound can be described as "post-gaze" with a drive aiming to break assuring ways of doing things. Willowy like cobwebs yet steely like shiny metal. Experimental and external. Digital and dedicated, Let There Be Light lifts you up and gently lays you down.


Playlist:

1. Dawn
2. Fear + Desire
3. In Silence
4. Black Stars
5. Coda

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Sunwrae, Autumn Never Fall

Australia, 2009.

The exquisite Sunwrae Ensemble perform a grand spectacle of stunning chamber music on piano, vibraphone, string quartet, alto flute, clarinets, harp, double bass & drums. Dynamic, engaging and visually stimulating, Sunwrae stylishly captivate audiences, performing instrumental music by Artistic Director Rae Howell, textured with persuasive rhythms and spectacular improvisation.

Playlist:

1. Autumn Never Fall
2. Chinook Winds
3. Poly
4. The Machine
5. Soluble Sun II
6. Disappointing
7. Drawn Down

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R.L. Burnside, Come on In

US, 1998

Blues you can rock out to. Nuff said.


Playlist:

01 - Been Mistreated
02 - Come on In (live)
03 - Let My Baby Ride
04 - Don't Stop Honey
05 - It's Bad You Know
06 - Just Like a Woman
07 - Come on in, Part 2
08 - Rollin' Tumblin' (remix)
09 - Please Don't Stay
10 - Shuck Dub
11 - Come on in, Part 3
12 - Heat

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Leech, Instarmental

Switzerland, 1996.

Leech was formed in 1995 by Marcel Meyer, Urs Meyer and Serge Olar. Right from the start the band devoted itself to experimental instrumental music - rhythmic figures are developed and connected with floating melodies - this all fuses in an epic sound landscape where time becomes irrelevant. Just one year after the formation of the band, the first Leech album, Instarmental, was released.

Playlist:

1. Oscillator Train
2. Shooting Star Memories
3. Psycho-Em
4. 500 Miles Daytona
5. Unknown Horizons
6. Disco Fearer
7. Demonic Voices
8. Galactic Run (Into My Self)

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Interstellar Overdrive, Hibernation

Greece, 2009.

This is a band first formed in Athens in 1999. Their genre is, however, very hard to define: it's somewhere between ambient, experimental, jazz, progressive, indie, folk and alternative rock.

Playlist:
1. Music To Swim In
2. The Man With A Shattered World
3. Sweet Nothings
4. Echo
5. A Short Piece For The Poison-Man
6. Pensees Du Pays Des Milles Automnes
7. Not A Soul Around
8. Nervous Happy
9. Tumulte
10. Gadgetry
11. Music Without Trees
12. Happy Hour
13. Welcome Stranger
14. 32.4 Channels For A Mono Piece
15. Untitled

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Uniquetunes, 8

Russia, 2009.

Uniquetunes are an instrumental band from St. Petersburg, Russia, whose unique style blends jazz, electronic, downtempo and experimental rock with a 70's-inspired psychedelic mood.

Playlist:

1. 88
2. Paper Shoes
3. Linza
4. Dr. Sartor
5. Mexico
6. Birdy
7. Style Kings
8. Blue Mood

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Ereb Altor, By Honour

Sweden, 2008.

Ereb Altor is an "epic viking doom metal" band influenced by Bathory and Candlemass. After a 2003 demo called “The Awakening”, their debut full-length “By Honour” was released by I Hate Records in March 2008. I think that this album is so damn good that even those who don't appreciate the genre will like it.

Playlist:

1. Perennial
2. Awakening
3. By Honour
4. Winter Wonderland
5. Dark Nymph
6. Wizard
7. Ereb Altor

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