marché la void - The Origin of Non​-​Entity (2012) (AWESOME !!!)

 

Genre : Post-rock, from Indonesia

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01. in shadows 03:04

02. silent war 12:20
03. display of power 10:03
04. as we progress marching 07:43
05. for a moment, silence 11:45
06. serenity 12:51

Marché La Void (MLV), a band based in Jakarta, Indonesia, was started in

2003 by 3 long-time friends: Irwan, Wahyu, and Suryaputra. Hendra was the
next member to join the band, followed by Gerrid and Dave. Later Hendra
was replaced by Febri.

Since the day the band was founded, MLV has been writing and performing
their own songs. Many great artists influence the band in writing their
music, which they described as down-tempo, psychedelic, and ambient. Some
influences are more obvious than others, but all are influential
nonetheless.

In April 2007, Marché La Void released its first EP, entitled Cacophonia.
The 4 song EP was produced and distributed independently. As times goes
by MLV has been rearangging music style and focussing on their instrument
skill hence digging their main roots in instrumental / experimental /
post-rock genre.

As a band, they feel the need to explore our instruments more as an
individual force that driven our music to some sort of journey and
emotional landscape without the use of vocal.

FolFollowed By Ghosts – Still, Here (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Post-rock
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Tracklist :

01. King, My Queen
02. Sleep On It
03. Beards of the Patriarchs
04. Noosepaper
05. Through Leaden Clouds
06. Close

Followed by Ghosts is an instrumental band from Iowa, United States. Drawing influences from post-rock gods godspeed you black emperor! and Explosions in the Sky, they have created their own melodic brand of instrumental guitar rock.

Their debut record, “The Entire City Was Silent,” was recorded all in churches, and has received many positive responses since day one of its release. Including seven tracks ranging from under two minutes to over nine, there is a wide range of emotions and melodies.

The second release, “Dear Monsters, Be Patient” was released for free in 2008 before their first tour. Although they encourage people to buy it, they do not seem to mind free downloading. This was a change in style from TECWS, and has mostly been positively received.

They’re lastest album, “Still, Here” was released in November 2011.

Caspian - You Are The Conductor & The Four Trees (remastered) (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Post-rock
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Tracklist :

1. Quovis
2. Further Up
3. Further In
4. Loft
5. For Protection
6. Last Rites
7. Moksha
8. Some Are White Light
9. Sea Lawn
10. Crawlspace
11. Book IX
12. The Dropsonde
13. Bromble
14. Our Breath In Winter
15. The Dove
16. ASA
17. ...Reprise

Caspian is an American instrumental rock band from Beverly, Massachusetts. The band formed in Autumn of 2003 and played their first concert in August of 2004.

Sonically Caspian draws from a broad scope of influences ranging from the ambient sophistication of Eluvium and Brian Eno to the crushing fury of art-metalists such as ISIS and Tool. Emotively, the music of Caspian shares common threads with Sigur Ros, M83 and The Appleseed Cast.

Tunturia – Invisible City (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Post-rock, Ambient, from Canada
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Tracklist :

01. Kitezh
02. Betrayal
03. Battle
04. Sinking
05. Discovery
06. Reflection

Like the desolate yet majestic plains of the arctic north, Tunturia’s sound is at times both harsh and beautiful combining elements of post-rock, ambient soundscapes and experimental noise.

Formed in late 2005 the band quickly became a vehicle through which its members were able to explore concepts and ideas through music. Intricate without being technical, grand in scope without the pretension, lush without losing intensity, the band forged ahead writing new material that at times teetered between the edges of progressive and hauntingly minimal.

Not ones to rest on the accolades or achievements of the past, Tunturia are more anxious then ever to return to the studio and begin work on their follow-up record, the elaborately conceived and atmospherically complex Invisible City.

“Invisible City,” Tunturia’s equivalent of “Chinese Democracy,” will be available on October 28th through Oxide Tones. The album is a narrative based loosely around the Russian folk tale of the City of Kitezh. But don’t let the pretentious subject matter fool you, the record is an enjoyable musical romp touching on ambient, post rock and instrumental sounds which hopefully, unlike “Chinese Democracy,” won’t be a terribly prolonged and bloated musical disappointment.

The Drift - Blue Hour (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Ambient, Dub, Post-rock, Jazz, Experimental
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Tracklist:

1. Dark Passage
2. Bardo I
3. Horizon
4. The Skull Hand Smiles / May You Fare Well
5. Bardo II
6. Continuum
7. Luminous Friend
8. Hello From Everywhere
9. Fountain

Blue Hour is the first release by The Drift since the passing of their indelible trumpet player, Jeff Jacobs, but his spirit is undeniably present throughout the album. Without a doubt their most meditative release since their Travels In Constants debut, Blue Hour eases off the jazz and dub influences that had become a trademark of The Drift's sound, and instead focuses on hypnotic repetition and subtle, textural layering of guitars, keyboards, electric bass and drums. Beautiful, fragile melodies descend into sheets of noise atop an unwavering lockstep groove, and the near-silence of a single bass note becomes alternately haunting and near transcendent. It is a cathartic memorial to a dear friend and invaluable collaborator, and the perfect beginning to a new chapter in The Drift's resilient story.

The Drift are an instrumental band based in San Francisco California comprised of Tarentel founding member Danny Paul Grody, Rich Douthit, and Trevor Montgomery. Their music draws upon elements of dub, rock, minimalism, and abstract leanings that combine to create a sound uniquely their own.

Since forming in 2002 the band has released two full lengths (a third on it’s way) and a host of singles to critical acclaim. They have toured extensively in the US, Canada, Europe, and Japan. Over those years the band has had the honor of working with upright bassist Safa Shokrai(2005-08) and trumpet player Jeff Jacobs who joined shortly after the band formed in 2003. Jeff succumbed to a long and courageous battle with cancer in early January 2011. The dedication he gave to music and the band’s development was paramount. He will be greatly missed, but his light shines eternally.

sgt. - Birthday (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Post-rock, with Jazz influence, from Japan
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Tracklist :

1. Furuboketa Ehon
2. cosgoda
3. Lyman Alpha no Mori
4. arabesque
5. 221B Baker
6. breathless
7. Zweiter Weltkrieg
8. Anata wa Watashi
9. Kimi wa Yume o Miteiru Yume ga

After making 2010 the year they mastered the art of live performance with their first venture abroad in their Canada tour, sgt. were able to put their experience to good use. Their first album in 3 years features 9 rich tracks. The sgt. post rock soundscapes accentuated by violins all told in a story of galactic proportions. This is conceptual art at its finest. The cover illustration was done by Yoko Sueyoshi. This album also features the first time any vocals were placed on a track. The vocals are from none other than kim from uhnellys. There are also an assortment of instruments that make there way into each track.

Formed in 1999 in Tokyo, Japan, the four-piece sgt. utilizes a broad range of genres to create their distinctive sound, including that of post-rock, jazz, ambient and improvisation. Using a guitar, violin, drums and bass guitar, the band creates uplifting instrumental compositions comparable to such acts as Toe or Anoice. sgt. released their debut mini album perception of causality in November 2005, followed by a split recording with good music! the following year.
They also released a full length album, Stylus Fantasticus, during fall 2008.

Laura - Twelve Hundred Times (2011)

Genre : Post-rock, with Cello n Vocal, from Australia
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Tracklist:

1. Visitor
2. This Grey Earth
3. Gravity Hill
4. Mark the Day
5. Glint
6. x1200
7. Stone Seed
8. Fugue State
9. The Slow
10. Safe Confinement
11. New Sate Confinement

New album by Australian post rock band Laura is really attracting. Cello and violin with ambient guitars is a perfect combination of instruments. Enjoy!

Miaou - The Day Will Come Before Long (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Post-rock, Electronica, from Japan
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Tracklist:

01. Notnotnot
02. Small Dream
03. Own Your Colours
04. Cycle
05. Endings (feat. epic45)
06. Up And The Sky
07. Lost Souls (feat. radical face)
08. Keep Drifting My Heart

Miaou were formed in 1999 by Tatsuki Hamasaki and sisters Mayumi and Hiromi Hasegawa. Throughout the years the band have blurred the line between pop and experimental, adopting ambient synth swells, drones and IDM glitch to craft a dreamy vision of instrumental rock.

Since the release of their debut album, ‘Happiness’ , in 2003, the band continued making new songs and touring though Japan with Art of Fighting, Epic45 and Tracer AMC. Armed with an ever increasing mountain of synths, toy instruments and a fender rhodes, the band released a second album, ‘Make These Things Alright’ , and their ‘painted’ e.p., further blurring the lines between post-rock and electronica.

After their third album, ‘All Around Us’ , came out in 2008, the band toured across Japan, into Taiwan playing the Formoz festival, as well as doing shows in Ireland and the UK. In between recording the band have contributed to Compilations in Japan and the USA, and completed remixes for the likes of Sweden’ s EF and Not Squares from the UK.

Recorded in Tokyo in the Spring of 2011, The Day Will Come Before Long sees miaou push on into more electronic territory than before – bigger synths, broken up samples and glitchy guitars. Mixed by electronic extraordinaire Cornel Wilczek (Qua) in Australia and featuring some achingly beautiful vocals from special guest singers in Ben Cooper (Electric President/Radical Face/Ghost) and Ben Holton (Epic45). Expect to hear swelling synths, crashing guitars and electronic beats making up miaou’s sonic soundscapes.

Takahiro Kido - Fairy Tale (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre - Cinematic, Classical, Electronica, Ambient, Post Rock, from Japan
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Tracklist :

1. Prologue
2. All Endless Dreams
3. 2nd Season
4. Oranges & Lemons
5. 3-Sized PF
6. Rust Summer In Tokyo
7. Let’s Go Crazy
8. Roads
9. The Three-Day Blow
10. Eternal Flower

Takahiro Kido is a composer residing in Tokyo, Japan. He started the post-rock band Anoice as a leader & composer and have released the highly acclaimed albums on the Important Label and Ricco Label. His music is a blissful combination of various classical instruments - piano, violin, viola, organ and guitars etc. with a little electronics. In 2006, he starts to work as a recording/mixing engineer and web designer. And he has released five solo albums from PLOP and Ricco Label.

He know also plays in bands RiLF (altanative band with Calu of Matryoshka and members of Anoice) and mokyow (a three piece band with Takahiro Matsue and Tadashi Yoshikawa) and cru (a unit with Yuki Murata) since 2007. He also made an appearance in the Japanese gore film Mutant Girl Squad.

"Fairy Tale" was made after his activities as the member of RiLF, and it has a lot of familiar melodies used in CM for Japanese TV or other medias or events.

Takahiro kido thinks that "Fairy Tale" will be his best effort because it's more gentle and beautiful than "Fleursy Music" that is his former work that recorded 8th place with the electronica chart of Germany and was selected to the best 10 album in 2008 by The Silent Ballet that is the website of music review in U.S.

Welcome to the entrance to the endless world of dream and adventure.

Sleepmakeswaves - .​.​.​and so we destroyed everything (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Post-rock, from Australia
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Tracklist :

1. to you they are birds, to me they are voices in the forest (8:15)
2. in limbs and joints (4:30)
3. our time is short but your watch is slow (3:08)
4. a gaze blank and pitiless as the sun (11:08)
5. (hello) cloud mountain (3:20)
6. now we rise and we are everywhere (6:41)
7. we like you when you're awkward (2:36)
8. ...and so we destroyed everything (12:33)

Sleepmakeswaves are an instrumental rock band from Sydney, Australia. Drawing influences mainly from but not limited to post-rock, the young quartet mix driving metallic bombast with textured electronics to create a sonic space where delicate melodies and thunderous climaxes peacefully co-exist.

Since their formation in late 2006, sleepmakeswaves have rapidly established themselves as a promising and unique voice in their field. Within the space of a year the band has enjoyed considerable word-of-mouth support and have landed auspicious opening slots with post-rock luminaries such as Pelican, Laura and Meniscus on the back of their powerful live show and acclaimed demo recording.

Finally, SLEEPMAKESWAVES release their debut album ‘...and so we destroyed everything’. The culmination of two years writing and enduring numerous setbacks, the album sees the band at a creative high point.

The album is a dramatic showcase for the band - glittering melodic hooks are embossed by Dax Liniere’s lush production and the band’s heaving musicianship. With an array of memorable and climactic sequences, “...and so we destroyed everything” signals the band’s continued desire to push into new musical territory.

Robin Guthrie - Emeralds (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Ambient, Shoegaze, Ethereal, Post-rock, from UK
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Tracklist :

01 Digging For Gold 3:27
02 Radiola 3:48
03 Wishing 3:18
04 Torch 3:43
05 Warmed By The Winter Sun 3:56
06 Flower 3:35
07 Turn Together, Burn Together 4:48
08 Emeralds 3:43
09 The Blue Book 5:28
10 The Little Light Fades 2:57

Emeralds is the new album by guitarist/songwriter, producer and sound architect Robin Guthrie. Another uncompromising step along the path that is his vision, enveloping the listener with the aesthetic enchantment which has become his trademark.

From the opening notes of ‘Digging for Gold’ to the last echoes of ‘The Little Light Fades’, Emeralds takes us on a voyage which moves our emotions, stimulates our senses and leaves us feeling that the world must be a better place seen through the eyes of Robin Guthrie. The album provokes a whole range of emotions from joy to melancholy and back again, never once failing to arouse the imagination of those who become captured by it. With the joyously uplifting ‘Wishing’ and the evocatively haunting melody of ‘Torch’ Guthrie quietly coaxes beauty out of layers of echoes and seemingly invites the listener inside the music to become an integral part of the whole creation. Inspired by events, literature and travel while possessing an uncanny ability to translate his pure emotions into melody,

Guthrie is one of very few rare talents who can create instrumental music which the listener feels part of. His recent instrumental offerings, Sunflower Stories, Songs to Help My Children Sleep, Carousel and Angel Falls, among countless others, illustrate his flair for creating music which seems to touch at the very core of those who consume it. Emeralds follows the release of Bordeaux, an album recorded last summer when minimalist legend Harold Budd joined Guthrie in France for some concerts and recordings. Bordeaux, featuring the two absolute masters of sonic beauty and modern ambient, is quickly becoming acknowledged as a landmark work.

Guthrie has been a massive influence on everyone from My Bloody Valentine to M83 and School of Seven Bells however it's not surprising that as a guitarist and producer, though many people are aware of him as Cocteau Twins principal sound designer, his defining role in the, once again, fashionable shoegazing scene with his productions for the likes of Lush and Chapterhouse shouldn't be overlooked. His recent studio credits include Telefon Tel Aviv, Ulrich Schnauss and Heligoland. As a composer of soundtracks he has recently scored his third feature film: Gregg Araki's Kaboom; following Araki’s Mysterious Skin and Dany Saadia’s 3:19, both of which were released as soundtrack albums; he has performed live extensively with Lumière, and its successor Galerie, both short animated films that he created as backdrops for his atmospheric, hypnotic guitar-based instrumental concerts.

Low In The Sky - A Shared Rainbow (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Electronica, Post-rock, Hip-hop
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Tracklist :

01. October 10th King Elementary (05:13)
02. Leghwhizahmo (04:17)
03. Lluvia y Sal (03:54)
04. Ice Disco (02:53)
05. SuperWarmer (04:14)
06. Kristy Kreme (03:55)
07. Cosmo (03:44)
08. Tiny Van Pirates (03:44)
09. Shamu Sleeps Tonight (03:37)

Low in the Sky is Pat McNulty, Correy Farrow and Joe Minadeo. A Shared Rainbow is, in part, a reaction to the especially bleak and dark Northern Ohio winter of 2010/11. An ode to Friends and to music and to whimsy. Theme music for sunny days.

To Destroy A City - To Destroy A City (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Post-rock, Ambient, Soundcape
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Tracklist :

1. Metaphor 02:55
2. Narcotic Sea 06:14
3. Ilium 05:33
4. Philosophy Of A Knife 06:27
5. Before The Outside’s Gone 06:24
6. The Marvels Of Modern Civilization 02:39
7. Goodbye, Dear Friend 07:02
8. March 04:00

To Destroy A City is an instrumental three-piece from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 2010 and combining elements of post-rock, ambient, electronic, and industrial, their music often builds on a theme, weaving instruments and melodies together to create compositions trance-inducing in their simplicity, yet layered with meaning.

Their self-titled debut was released in 2011. Opening with the droning piano and dreamlike soundscape of Metaphor, the album takes the listener through highs and lows, pounding beats, and ethereal ambience, evoking influences such as The Appleseed Cast, Nine Inch Nails, Hammock, and Boards of Canada.

Damn Robot! - Hunang Skrímsli (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Ambient, Electronica, Post-rock, from UK
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Tracklist :

01. A Smile Spreads Across My Face

02. The Great Landfill In The Sky

03. (Pass) The Switch Over

04. No Slack, But Luckily The Seats Go Back

05. These Plugs Need Adaptors

06. Electric Sheep I Can't Tell Whether Or Not This Is A Dream

07. Antics

08. Errors Of The Pacifist

Damn Robot! - Hunang Skrímsli is the debut album by Hampshire, UK based brothers Rob Honey (Oceanus, Inachus) and Tom Honey (Good Weather for an Airstrike).

Having collaborated on a cover of Frederic Chopin’s Romance/Larghetto the duo decided to establish a more permanent project, and Damn Robot! was formed. Their first song “The Great Landfill In The Sky” was included on the well received Hawk Moon Records: Volume II compilation album along side the likes of The Echelon Effect, ...And The Earth Swarmed With Them and Lowercase Noises. Damn Robot! have taken influence from many different artists including The Appleseed Cast, Clint Mansell, Imogen Heap and various Mike Patton projects, as such this album doesn’t stick to just one specific genre, it has elements of electronica, trip-hop, post-rock, ambient and more.

With gigs planned for summer 2011, this could be the start of something big for Damn Robot!

Emphemetry - A Lullaby Hum For Tired Streets (2011)

Genre : Ambient, Folk, Post-Rock, from UK
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Tracklist :

01. After Catalunya
02. Four Million Silhouettes
03. A Lullaby Hum
04. Francis Thompson
05. Every Other Second Day
06. Five Fields
07. So Long Magic Helper
08. Houses, Empty As Holes
09. Emilelodie
10. Isaac's Dream Of Tired Streets

Emphemetry is Richard ‘Biff’ Birkin.

Derby is a small city in the middle of England. About three-hundred thousand people live here. He live in the middle of it, and walk around it a lot at night, after band practices, recordings, or box socials. The usual. There are lots of shortcuts and detours. Narrow streets lit dimly if at all where it doesn’t take much more than a squint and a bit of imagination to imagine past days. He is prone to these flights of time travel fancy.

He made this album while thinking of these things. Wrote it while living them. If you can, He’d don some headphones and listen to it walking around your city at night, perhaps taking a detour or two along the way.

The new album from Emphemetry features ambient swells of guitars, intimate folk songs, a string quartet, strange sounds, tape delay, reverse loops, pianos, and a haunted acappella quintet.

"It is an eclectic mix of ambient, folk and post-rock and it is one that I deeply, deeply enjoyed."
- Fluid Radio

"This album of varied style and influence is equally impressive in all it's forms, with the larger whole held together through a strongly unifying aesthetic." - Collective Zine

"An immense amount of time, care and attention has gone into the making of this album...A quality production full of many surprises and exquisite tracks which will undoubtedly be on my top 10 list of 2011." - Saravan Music

Administration Shock Him - 39:03 EP (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Post-rock, from Germany
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Tracklist :

01. I

02. II

03. III

04. IV

05. V

06. VI

07. VII

Administration Shock Him is a post-rock band from Würzburg, Bayern, Germany.

Current lineup is:

Christian Kasperbauer (guitar,synth)
Thomas Rauh (guitar)
Dominik Hartlieb (drums)
Thomas Schwab (bass)
Christian Haederer (guitar)

Arms and Sleepers - The Organ Hearts (2011) (AWESOME !!!)

Genre : Ambient, Electronica, Post-rock, Trip-hop
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Tracklist :

01. Kepesh
02. Tusk
03. I Sing The Body Electric
04. The Afternoon Child
05. A Smile In Sofia
06. Antwerp
07. Serie Noire
08. Reprise
09. Yesterday's Child
10. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
11. Atelier
12. Airport Blues

The Organ Hearts is the 3rd full-length album by Arms and Sleepers, following up on the recently released mini-album Nostalgia For The Absolute and the first single, Tusk (featuring a remix by Helios). Written and recorded throughout 2010 and early 2011, The Organ Hearts finds Max Lewis and Mirza Ramic collaborating once again with Ben Shepard (of Uzi & Ari) and Philip Jamieson (of Caspian).

Unlike Matador, the band's sophomore effort, the new record features significantly less guitar and focuses more on electronics and drum-heavy compositions. Pulsing beats and driving synths replace the lush glockenspiels and melodicas of the previous album, while concise song structures and haunting melodies remain. Like Matador, the new record is intense, filled with varying textures and intricate layers, and unafraid to free itself of any genre constraints. The execution feels natural, showcasing the band's musical maturity developed over the past four years, 14 releases, and extensive touring.

The Organ Hearts is divided into three sections, much like the band's debut full-length album, Black Paris 86. Each part acts as a soundtrack for the ever changing daily and seasonal frames of mind, a cinematic reflection of our complex feelings and delicate emotions. In the end, the journey through the record embodies the opposing forces of our actual lives: excitement vs. anguish, clarity vs. confusion, satisfaction vs. longing. Acting collectively through the three sections, these 12 individual compositions paint an arresting picture encapsulating our life's variation and unbearable tenderness, but also evoking a sense of hopefulness that might be waiting around the corner. Nothing is certain, but not everything is lost. The album's poetic subtitle, then, seems to be quite appropriate: The Things That Make Me Feel Weak And Strange Get Engineered Away.