Like trashy 80’s hits & free music? (mp3) Then you’ll want to check out Buffet Libre. It’s a site that features the Rewind project- covers of 80’s hits by modern indie bands and DJs. There are lots of quirky electronic takes and some fun bands that you probably don’t know about. Check out Dragonette’s Sharp… Read More Free 80’s Covers From BuffetLibre
The Residents get my vote for being the strangest music group in history. There might be other bands that are extremely bizarre, but none that have been making music – a term some would debate – as long, or as consistently bizarro, as The Residents. If you’re not familiar with The Residents, they are an… Read More Free MP3s Of Some Of The Strangest Music In The World
Remember the recent post about binaural beats? When two tones at slightly different frequencies are presented separately to your ears via headphones, the brain produces a phenomenon resulting in low-frequency pulsations in the loudness of a perceived sound. A beating tone will be perceived, as if the two tones mixed naturally. According to some research,… Read More Free Binaural Beat Site Promises To Open Your Chakras
Heartcode is the name of the latest free music download from net label iimusic. It features 10 8-bit style tracks, including: 01 Temp Sound Solutions – The Menu for Today 02 Alex Mauer – Ikea Shopper Credits 03 Disasterpeace – Ensis 04 Animal Style – Stalactite 05 Phlogiston – Crystal Waves (feat. Shnabubula) 06 Alex… Read More Free Album Download Features 8-Bit Music
Microscopics has re-released Gas 0095 CD, a cult classic ambient electronic release. You can preview the album above, or download a free track from the album below. All pre-release orders of the Gas 0095 CD come with a free model Minimoog: The 1/8th scale model is modelled on the classic Minimoog model 204D and is pre-cut & scored by hand.
Stretta’s Matthew Davidson pointed out Cosmo‘s latest tip for saving money: wholesale music piracy: Cosmopolitan’s Bethany Heitman shares a ‘shameless money-saving trick’, presumably after penning another fabulous hand-job how-to article: “Having new tunes is ideal, but shelling out the cash to buy said music hurts. Call up friends, and ask them to burn you a… Read More Cosmo’s Secret To Saving Money: Ripping Off Music
Ready to chill out for the weekend with a bit of ambient music? Then check out Matthew Davidson’s gorgeous new release, A Towering Achievement of Indescribable Beauty. It’s a collection of piano improvisations, recorded May 27th – June 11th 2008, between 8:20 and 8:50am each day. Here’s what Davidson has to say about the album:… Read More Free Album Download: A Towering Achievement Of Indescribable Beauty
The Sound of eBay is a net art project by Ubermorgen that translates scraped eBay user data into electronica music. Here’s an example – generated from eBay user basketofkittens: [display_podcast] According to Ubermorgen – “The Sound of eBay is the affirmative high-end low-tech contribution to the atomic soundtrack of the new peer-to-peer hyper-catastrophic shock-capitalism.” Note:… Read More Generative Music Alert: The Sound Of eBay
The New York Times has a interview/overview of Trent Reznor today. In it he shares his thoughts on the state of digital music: Mr. Reznor has no global solution for how to sustain a long-term career as a recording musician, much less start one, when listeners take free digital music for granted. “It’s all out… Read More Trent Reznor On Free Music
Musica Excentrica – an avant garde post-music netlabel – has released a free album of electroacoustic glitch music, Digital Snow. Here are the details: Nikita Golyshev, known as CD-R, and Bogdan Dullsky (Quest.Room.Project) met virtually and have recorded an album. First, they share music file sources in the net, and then processed with real-time sound… Read More Free Glitchtronica MP3s
