Album // Inversion by Karmelloz; An Ambient Trip into the Cyber-Netherworld

Karmelloz has long been a favorite here at anothercountyheard, and his last couple of albums (Source Localization  and 2013's Bud Air)  have seen his star rising, attracting the notice of notable music journalist Adam Harper (Dummy, The Fader, Wired) and generally getting love for his futuristic dirty techno beats. His latest release Inversion  finds him eschewing the comfort of familiar territory and plunging headlong into a pool of cyber-noir ambient  music reminiscent of Pete Namlook's space music, but combined with noise elements. Titles like "Athenic Fall", "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" and "Ancient Mariner's Crash Report" suggest visual starting-points for the abstract noise-scapes to paint their colorful and alternately beautiful and menacing  images. The last two tracks are a tour-de-force; close your eyes and listen to "City of Roses" and the 38-minute epic "Vasovagal Response", utterly convincing and uncompromised music from the outer edge.
 
 Inversion is available as a limited cassette and as a free download from Hoko Sounds.

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Download: xX: UNIVERSAL RESONANCE​:​Xx by UNDRGRNDLVXVRY

This is a carefully curated and excellent free comp from up-and-coming Seattle label UNDRGRND// LVXVRY, with a line up of previously unknown (to me) artists, all of whom turn in interesting original tracks. The sound is post-trap, futuristic chilled instrumental trip-hop. The first two tracks should convince you.

Download: Work Out! by MJ, Esq.

Work Out! by MJ, Esq.

F ∆ U X E's Oh Fuck Another Beat Tape EP

I fux with Fauxe, one of my favorites.  He is  a seriously under-rated and consistently inventive beatmaker, whose work spans witch-house, ambient, shoegaze, and in this case, instrumental hip-hop. The Oh Fuck Another Beat Tape EP is finds the Singapore based producer paying homage to Donuts  on a 'beat tape' that develops lots interesting beats and rhythms but never stagnates. The sampling mines some excellent unheard material. Grab the free download, and check out all of his music. I recommend it.

Fuck with Fauxe on Soundcloud, Bandcamp and Facebook. 

LP: Need A name 2013 Collection

Need A Name 2013 Collection; shoegaze, ambient, electronic music by Italian producer Dario Lupo. First class. 

Album: Sam Hatzaras 2007-2012

Sam Hatzaras is the Canadian musician behind   ƸC†OPL∆SM,  G∞gle, WHITE TRI∆NGLES and 5 or 6 other projects. The witch-y, psychedelic blend of trip-hop and ambient music on this compilation has captivated me on each listen. It's rich and well produced, and rises above the net-music ghetto, and into the  realm of serious electronic music.

The limited edition tape has sold out, and the release is now a free download, but he has  kept to the cassette format for the digital release,  an 'A' side and a 'B side'.  The material works well as a set, and the inability to skip encourages one to listen through. You will be glad you did.

The busy Hatzaras runs the label Revolving Door Records
--- jump to their Bandcamp and look through the many amazing releases.   

SIDE A 
01 - ƸC†OPL∆SM - Artificial Intelligence 
02 - doeTheGhost - Trapped (ƸC†OPL∆SM Remix) 
03 - Chains Made Of Chalk - Wind 
04 - ƸC†OPL∆SM - Geesha's Ghost (feat. Fire Coral) 
05 - No_Body - Bring Out Yr Dead 
06 - ƸC†OPL∆SM & Nattymari - Frost 
07 - ƸC†OPL∆SM - Microscopic Machines 
08 - ƸC†OPL∆SM - Oliver Found A Leg On His Roof 

SIDE B 
01 - ƸC†OPL∆SM - Metropolis 
02 - ƸC†OPL∆SM - Galactic Grid 
03 - Cold Clouds - Moving On 
04 - WHITE TRI∆NGLES - Memories 
05 - ƸC†OPL∆SM - HiveLight3 
06 - ƸC†OPL∆SM - Soft Winds & Spiralling Skin 
07 - Duktap - All I Have (ƸC†OPL∆SM Remix) 
08 - ƸC†OPL∆SM - Entheogenocide

EP: WiToWMaKeR "Where Are"

Witowmaker is a recording project of Chris Danko, of Religious Girls and a half-dozen other projects (including TOO DEEP, blogged here yesterday). Where Are is lush ambient/experimental music, and a free download from AMDISCS. Definitely worthy, the sound quality is rich--nothing lo-fi about it---and the tracks hold up well to repeated listening. Download the zip from HERE.

EP: Starlit Everglades TWILIGHT

Starlit Everglades is a 'beatmaker from an island' (Japan?) and LUMENOUS alumnus. He (or she?) makes delicious ambient flavored glowing electronic soundscapes, which  post regularly to  their soundcloud.
Twilight is available as a name-your-price download from City By Night Records.

Premiere: NEED A NAME Ambient Mixtape

Need A Name's Dario Lupo is not only one of the most prolific and consistently excellent purveyors of spaced-out ambient electronic shoegaze, he is also an enthusiastic and knowledgeable fan of the genre, who promotes other artist's music as much as his own. He's been quietly growing the Need A Name brand since 2011, with last years' album release What You Were, What I've Become being named as one of our favorites of 2012, and gaining an impressive 10,000 Soundcloud followers and 13, 000+ likes on Facebook!

When Dario broached the idea of doing an all ambient mixtape, I was like, "Yeah c'mon! You're perfect for this gig!" The set is true ambient, that is, it's entirely without beat or rhythm. The 'ambient' tag is much-abused of late, and this mixtape presents true ambient music in all its' droning, shining glory; the perfect cure for dance music overdose.

I was going to say "For true ambient fans only", but are some of you beat-freaks may not be fully acquainted with the genre, and this is a great place to start.  True ambient music is capable of sustaining different levels of attention. One might fully attend to listening, or just as easily study, while enjoying the music. The absence of beats does something to alter the sense of time in the music. The right mind-set is essential to the full ambient experience. I urge you to listen to it for the first time as I did; I downloaded, and listened as I was making an hour-long commute, without skimming or skipping.  The set accumulates weight as it builds toward a stunning climax. So don't be in a hurry, and open yourself to beauty without the beat.

Tracklist:
 
    1.    Blackout - Late Returns Incur Fees
    2.    Danny Clay - From the book of old eden (I)
    3.    Good Weather For An Airstrike - Two Hours Of Uncertaintyhis website
    4.    Luke Cowan - Untitled 3 (from Ambient 2)
    5.    Rooms Delayed - Above the Trees
    6.    Ruhe - A Beautiful Weakness
    7.    Eluder - Iris
    8.    Strom Noir - Levitation
    9.    Asfandyar Khan - A Nightly Medium
    10.  Caught In The Wake Forever - We Deal With This In Different Ways
    11.  Carinthia - The Village Eaves
    12.  Michiru Aoyama - フィルタースカイ - Filter Sky
    13.  When Tides Collide - If This Is, In Fact, Real…
    14.  Moshimoss - Travis
    15.  Lowercase Noises - Stars

Need A Name Ambient Mixtape by anothercountyheard

Dario Lupo is a native of Salerno, Italy, now residing at Berlin. He uploads new tracks and remixes to his Soundcloud regularly, and does professional audio mastering. Visit his website for a full list of his products and services.

Album Download: "So This Is Where We Are" by DOSE

Download: Shisa and Choongum "Hearts"

Some excellent remixes and a strong original. Check out Supermarket Love's epic take on the track.

Jahnne // And I Would Again For You

The lights' gift changes every hour. Patterns emerge only to dissipate and fade. The breeze animates the leaves and the light dances. My eye is a POV camera. This is my daytime forest soundtrack. From Australia via Flash Forest. And I Would Again For You by Jahnne