Album: EV - Lost Dreams

Band: EV
Album: Lost Dreams
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Aurora
02. June 22
03. War
04. Only Memories
05. Reasons
06. Emmy
07. Forget-me-not
08. Empty History
09. Ado
10. White Nights
11. Kiev
12. You
13. Emmy
14. Outro
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EV is a solo project of an 18 years old Eugene Konashenko. Hailing from the town of Nikel, Russia (Murmansk Region), he currently resides in St.Petersburg. Despite of his age, he has already participated in several music forms such as "Limit Of Your Dreams", "Follow The Bent". Eugene himself describes his music as "music written by emotions, feelings, experiences...".

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EP: Le Seul Élément - Gin Pleos

Band: Le Seul Élément
Album: Gin Pleos EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Gin Pleos Part 1
02. Gin Pleos Part 2
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Le Seul Élément is a french post-rock band, who is listed on this year's Dunk! Festival. Great emotional, instrumental piano/post-rock music.

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EP: Celestial Wolves - Callisto

Band: Celestial Wolves
Album: Callisto EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. This Dolby Is Surrounded
02. Persistent Vegetative State
03. Silent Noise
04. You Have A Watch, We've Got Time
05. Seagulls & Elephants
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Celestial Wolves is a five piece instrumental rock band based near Ghent, Belgium.

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Merry Christmas everyone, to you and your beloved ones! :)

EP: Tidings - Tidings

Band: Tidings
Album: Tidings EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012








Tracklist
01. Proteus
02. The Oxygen Tank
03. Find A Way Out Without Running Away
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Tidings are a four piece, instrumental post metal band, based in Edinburgh, UK.

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EP: The Day After The Last Crime - 2nd Demo

Band: The Day After The Last Crime
Album: 2nd Demo
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Coronae Of Miranda (Summer Epic Part 3)
02. Hundred Miles High (A Song For The Thermosphere)
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The Day After The Last Crime is an instrumental post-rock band from Munich, Germany and this is their 2nd demo EP.

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EP: Slow Static - Slow Static

Band: Slow Static
Album: Slow Static
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Triggerfinger
02. Silence To Sirens
03. In Case Of Zombies Press Play
04. You Will Always Be
05. Analog Reality
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Slow Static is a cinematic, ambient, post-rock band from Texas, formed in January 2012. Simplistic in set up and yet complicated in feel, they weave an almost visual soundscape for the listeners to lose themselves in.

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Album: Baulta - That's My House You're Living In

Band: Baulta
Album: That's My House You're Living In
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012









Tracklist
01. In The Woods Tonight, Tiger
02. The First Cigarette Of The Day
03. No Cow Is Sacred Enough (All Game Is Fair)
04. Travel Safe In Space, My Friend
05. Miami Twice
06. Syncope
07. Golden Veins, Happy Years But Now I'm Dead
08. Do We Live Today?
09. Take Us To The Fantasy, Derrick
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Baulta is a band from Jyväskylä, Finland consisting from four awesome dudes playing ever evolving instrumental music. "That's My House You're Living In" is their second album. All things done by: Tom, Matti, Iiro & Janne.

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Album: Have The Moskovik - Une Simple Théorie Des Glaces En Terrasse

Band: Have The Moskovik
Album: Une Simple Théorie Des Glaces En Terrasse
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. L'absence De Bruit
02. Simple Events
03. Ufo Piétons
04. Valse En Prime Time
05. L'allure Du Flâneur
06. Le Sommeil Du Condor
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Have The Moskovik play loud, post-rock, instrumental music. They are four musicians (guitars, alto, drums, bass) who met in Orleans, France. The band released their debut album in December 2011.

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Album: Peter Flint And Ben Kaplan - Sheetflow Songs

Band: Peter Flint And Ben Kaplan
Album: Sheetflow Songs
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Myakka
02. Lostman
03. Vegetative States
04. Kissimmee
05. Peace
06. Caloosahatchee
07. Biscayne
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Sheetflow Songs is a unique collaboration between composer/ accordionist Peter Flint, guitarist/ composer Ben Kaplan and visual artist Dorothy Simpson Krause. Created for the exhibition of Krause’ body of work River of Grass at 571 Projects in New York City in 2012, this piece takes its cues from Krause’ visual work, the disappearing landscapes of the Florida Everglades and the seminal work of environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

571 Projects seeks to bridge the gap between dynamic emerging & mid-career artists and engaged collectors, both those beginning to collect and those looking for fresh talent. To support the work of significant artists, they provide a forum through tightly curated, solo exhibitions that showcase a single body of work. 571 Projects runs a carefully selected program of concerts, poetry readings and artist talks responding to the visual arts program.
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EP: Field Rotation - Zeitreise Remixed

Band: Field Rotation
Album: Zeitreise Remixed EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










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01. Zeitreise
02. Zeitreise (Remixed By Quivion)
03. Zeitreise (Remixed By Frozen Vaults)
04. Zeitreise - Furtiva Lagrima (Remixed By Ma.Ter)
05. Zeitreise - Frozen (Remixed By Leonardo Rosado)
06. Zeitreise - Lost: Gold Heart (Remixed By y0t0)
07. Zeitreise (Remixed By WhoIsIR)
08. Zeitreise - Zeitlos (Remixed By Lee Chapman)
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Zeitreise Remixed is the second self-released Field Rotation remix EP.

The original track "Zeitreise" was featured in the documentary score of "Neun Monate Winter" (Nine Months Winter) and has been composed back in 2009, when Field Rotation was more focused on down-tempo ambient music.

The EP features seven remixes. Some of them have been handpicked from a proper collection of remix submission during a contest that was open for a month and for everyone. Some have been contributed due to a personal invitation.

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Album: Downfall of Gaia - Suffocating In The Swarm Of Cranes

Band: Downfall of Gaia
Album: Suffocating In The Swarm Of Cranes
Label: Metal Blade
Year: 2012









Tracklist
01. [Vulnus]
02. Drowning By Wing Beats
03. In The Rivers Bleak
04. I Fade Away
05. Beneath The Crown Of Cranes
06. Giving Their Heir To The Masses
07. [Asphyxia]
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Downfall of Gaia's sophomore effort features the band's now signature dark atmosphere while effortlessly conveying a sense of hopelessness without quite reaching the desolation that has made Neurosis a household name. This time around though, the German outfit sacrifices a bit of density for a more sustained and thorough album. Reaching almost an hour, Suffocating in the Swarm of Cranes showcases a bit more of a melodic side, like with the beginning of track “I Fade Away”. These almost harmonious moments serve as an incredibly well executed contrast to the dark depths of the remainder of the record while also offering some reprieve before the onslaught progresses yet again. 

The most impressive thing present in the record is the band's reluctance to rush their sound. Too many times has a band found a unique riff or melody only to accelerate headfirst into it, instead of letting yourself ease into it naturally. One of the defining moments in the record is towards the end, during the build up in the beginning of the track “Giving Their Heir to the Masses”. Rather than speed into the crescendo of the climax, the band plays a trick on you and actually slows the pace down to an almost unbearable crawl. As the listener, you can feel the summit of the mountain you've been climbing throughout the album, but it's just out of your grasp. Finally, after what seems like thousands of aeons, the height of your aural enterprise is reached, and made all the sweeter because of the tumultuous journey you experienced to get there. This is entirely indicative of the exploration required to penetrate the shell of this monstrosity. 

Sophomore releases are almost always defined as a maturing point in a young band's career, and Suffocating in the Swarm of Cranes is an incredible example of growth and advancement. The album displays the ensemble becoming more confident in their sound, which only contributes to the overall experience. With the amalgamation of all these elements, and the execution of a band beyond its years, Downfall of Gaia make a huge statement with what could be one of the finest post metal records in recent memory.

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Band: Fourteen Twentysix

Band: Fourteen Twentysix
Album: In Halflight Our Soul Glows
Label: Mine All Mine Records
Year: 2012









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01. Echo
02. Summer Snow
03. Sleepwalker
04. For A Second
05. Decelerate
06. Noon
07. Hollow
08. Fall From Gravity
09. Every Line (ft. Mick Moss)
10. Rush_Run (ft. Vera Dirkx)
11. Little Diamonds
12. Halflight
13. The Crossing
14. 23|59
15. Funeral Fire
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Band: Fourteen Twentysix
Album: Lighttown Closure
Label: Mine All Mine Records
Year: 2010








Tracklist
01. AM
02. After The Storm
03. Closing Hours
04. Gone Today
05. Tonight I
06. Signals In The Sky
07. Descending
08. White Paint
09. Lashes
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Band: Fourteen Twentysix
Album: Songs to Forget EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2010








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01. Find Your Place
02. Waves to Forget
03. Ghost In This World
04. You Sleep Under The Trees
05. Dead Lights
06. These Wrists
07. When The Hart Dies
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Fourteen Twentysix is the cryptic alias of Dutch’ atmospheric rockband, founded in Eindhoven in 2006.

Fourteen Twentysix delicately layes experimental alt/post rock, brooding electronics and fragile singer/songwriter, into melancholic, filmic songs. This is not music for the masses but music that demands listeners to take their time, allowing them to discover something new and different with each rotation. Started in 2006 as a solo project by ex-drummer Chris van der Linden, the project quickly grew into an exceptionally hardworking group that never fails to deliver on stage. The band has shared the stage with bands such as Turin Brakes (UK), Antimatter and Lis Er Stille.

The band, a self proclaimed group of “DIY professionals”, led bynChris van der Linden, is known to take its reputation quite seriously. Resigning from the international band contest Emergenza after winning its first round with a record total audience votes, the band acquired both media attention as well as applause from fellow artists. Openly questioning the moral values of such ‘shootout’ band contests, Chris commented “We aim to be commercial, not sellouts”.

Fourteen Twentysix are an advocate of modern, fast rising phenomena such as social media and free music distribution, has generated over 55.000 free music downloads, utilizing the power of the internet through websites such as Bandcamp, Last.

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Album: Locrian/Mamiffer – Bless Them That Curse You

Band: Locrian/Mamiffer
Album: Bless Them That Curse You
Label: Profound Lore
Year: 2012









Tracklist
01. In A Fulminic Blaze
02. Bless Them That Curse You
03. Corpus Luteum
04. Second Burial
05. Lechatelierite
06. Metis/Amaranthine/The Emperor
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Chicago, Illinois LOCRIAN have been known to create prolific and genre defying and mesmerizing works within the realm of experimental music that they are now seen as one of the most in-demand bands within the scene. By creating waves of epic ambient noise mixed with elements of such genres as black metal and soundscape drone, LOCRIAN have developed a body of work that has only been progressing more and more since their inception.

MAMIFFER was initially founded by artist Faith Coloccia after the disbanding of her experimental project Everlovely Lightningheart, With MAMIFFER, Faith began to focus more on songwriting through the paino, fusing neo-classical elements and then incorporating ambient electronic hums and reductionist metal dirge. With MAMIFFER, Faith had collaborated with a myriad of musicians but found a steadiness with her main MAMIFFER co-conspirators Travis Rommeriem and her partner Aaron Turner (of ISIS/Hydra Head Records).

With “Bless Them That Curse You” (recorded at Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio studios in Chicago and mixed by Randall Dunn in Seattle), LOCRIAN and MAMIFFER have fused their unique styles together to create something of wonder and awe, an elegant and beautiful marriage of the many layers of sound present within the vast sound canvas both bands have laid forth to bring such a collaboration to fruition. A collaboration that had even exceeded and gone much further than what each band envisioned and expected when the mere thought of collaborating arose; a musical collaboration from two forward-thinking bands that was destined to happen.

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Album: Nadja - Dagdrøm

Band: Nadja
Album: Dagdrøm
Label: Broken Spine
Year: 2012









Tracklist
01. One Sense Alone
02. Falling Out Of Your Head
03. Dagdrøm
04. Space Time & Absence
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Nadja is a duo of Aidan Baker & Leah Buckareff alternately based in Toronto & Berlin. The duo makes music that encompasses experimental/drone, ambient, shoegazer, & doom metal.

Dagdrøm contains four tracks that average 11 minutes each, and though they're presented as discrete pieces, each is similar in mood and execution, and each plays off the one before it as a variation on the same foreboding theme. "Falling Out of Your Head" effectively chops the riff of "One Sense Alone" in half and doubles the tension, leading a Spiderland-stark lurch to an accelerated, increasingly punishing climax; the title track immediately resumes the in-the-red onslaught, but gradually winds down, reducing its once-imposing refrain to expose the tranquil melody underpinning it. It's followed by the closing "Space Time & Absence", a song that likewise showcases Nadja's sonic extremities, but on an evermore epic scale: McNeilly's (the Jesus Lizard) galloping, tribal beat propels the song into a gargantuan groove, before yielding to a hushed, drawn-out comedown that keeps threatening to erupt once again, like a horror-movie villain that just won't stay dead. And therein lies the key to Dagdrøm's daunting mystique: You're never really sure if what you're hearing is the calm before the storm or the storm before the calm.

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Album: Pray For Sound - Monophonic

Band: Pray For Sound
Album: Monophonic
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










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01. Stereophonic
02. Tympanoplasty
03. Retrogression (Part 1)
04. Retrogression (Part 2)
05. Monophonic
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Inspired by Bruce's struggle with hearing loss, Monophonic takes the listener on an emotional roller coaster. In 2005, doctors discovered a destructive cyst called a cholesteatoma growing inside Bruce's left ear. After surgical removal of the cyst and reconstruction of his ear, he was left with severe hearing loss, tinnitus, and reoccurring ear pain. These emotional experiences were translated into the music and artwork that make up Monophonic.

All music written, performed and produced by Bruce Malley.
Mixed and mastered by Magnus Lindberg.
Artwork by Sean Buckley at Aggressive Logo Design.

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Album: HANDLINGNOISE - HANDLINGNOISE

Band: HANDLINGNOISE
Album: HANDLINGNOISE
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. El Topo
02. Hannibal
03. Son Of Ugly Box
04. Funny Paper Fax Machine
05. God Bless The Poor Bankers
06. Smackblossoms
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HANDLINGNOISE was founded in Helsinki, Finland as an ambient/noise –project in 2007. It was started for a one-off performance at a club for experimental music. Shortly after the concert they were joined by a drummer, which opened up a load of new possibilities. Due to their different musical backgrounds and influences that range from minimal electronic music to metal their own style became very multifaceted.

They wanted to develop a distinctive sound also from the production point of view, so they started recording material on their own in 2008. In the beginning they did this at training spaces and summer cottages using their own and some borrowed equipment. As the project evolved and they realized that these recordings were growing into an album, they also went to record in a studio. HANDLINGNOISE finished work on their debut album in the spring of 2012 and it was mastered by Harris Newman at Greymarket Mastering, Montreal, Canada.

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Compilation: Various Artists - Both Sides Suffer Heavy Losses, But We Faced An Unavoidable Conclusion

Band: Various Artists
Album: Both Sides Suffer Heavy Losses, But We Faced An Unavoidable Conclusion
Label: Unseen Our Voice
Year: 2012









Tracklist
01. Adolf Plays The Jazz - Drive
02. we.own.the.sky - Raindrops And Oceans
03. Sleepstream - The Spirit
04. The Jesterdays - Tricky Moon
05. Misuse - Dear Hunter
06. Quiet Pliz! - Alla Prima
07. Absent Without Leave - Faded Photographs
08. Gravitysays_i - The Urge O f Identity, The Figures O f Enormous Grey
09. Tuber - Smoked Up Notes
10. I Am No Hero - F 16
11. Afformance - Countryside Somnambulance
12. Mani Deum - At The End Of The Street
13. One Hour Before The Trip - 5474
14. Figurant - Dead Tree
15. Calf - Dorian Grey Killed The Last Vestiges Of His Conciousness
16. SnoozeLoop - Eksi (feat P.Stoikos)
17. Deadfile - A Girl Called Dust Storm
18. Hior Chronik - Starving But Happy Edition
19. Accra Minoa - Broken Tympanic Bone
20. GoodLuckWithTheBombs - Sirens
21. The Wedding - Sterko
22. Whodoes - 5 PM
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"Both Sides Suffer Heavy Losses, But We Faced An Unavoidable Conclusion" is a specially curated selection of our favourite Greek ambient, post-rock, post-metal, experimental, shoegaze artists.
Please listen, share and enjoy. The future for Greek music is bright.
*Hope, Answers, Fight, Dreamers ... More Hope For Greece*

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Stream: Cult Of Luna - I: The Weapon (Single)

Mighty Subterranea coverstars Cult Of Luna release new album Vertikal on January 25 via Indie, and you can stream a song from the album, I: The Weapon, right here, right now.




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Compilation: Various Artists - Fall Is A House Of Gold And Rain

Band: Various Artists
Album: Fall Is A House Of Gold And Rain
Label: Voxxov Records
Year: 2012










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01. Access To Arasaka - Joyce
02. VNDL - Orangé
03. Paskine - North
04. Pleq - Comet
05. ~Liv - Sdet
06. Fedaden - Çocuk
07. Kesson - Jihad Blues
08. r.roo - Empty Dreams
09. Yvat - Petrology Of Ice Cream
10. Atmogat - Sgn
11. Trdlx - Felaroff
12. Frank Riggio - Vulqkrom
13. Tapage - Moonship
14. Esoteric Sob - Everyday Stories
15. Melorman - Rising High
16. DNN - So Far Apart
17. Infinite Scale - A Spectacle Fit For Monarch
18. Normotone (feat. Usher) - Cold Summer Nights
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"It was in the fall of 2011 that Mourad Kachroud and Vinnie Blandin-Canonne had the idea to launch a new french label, VoxxoV Records, which is meant to put into shape their vision of electronic music: a particular sense of ambient music, glitch and electroacoustic compositions. Definitely independent, VoxxoV will give priority to limited yet original and valuable physical editions. We hope to see you numerous – listeners and artists alike – in following and supporting us in the mental travels we immerse you into. "

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Compilation: Various Artists - Faith In A Wet Season

Band: Various Artists
Album: Faith In A Wet Season
Label: Voxxov Records
Year: 2012










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01. M. Ostermeier - Flying South
02. James Murray - Last Call
03. Nebulo - Rustles VS Muscles
04. Strïe - Latent Hours
05. Damian Valles - Continuum
06. Teho Teardo - Several Tree Huggers Were Found Dead
07. Spheruleus - Enclaven
08. Maps & Diagrams - Distance Kills me
09. Fabio Orsi - Step Inside
10. Quinn Walker - Norae
11. Field Rotation - Continuum
12. Hakobune - Glistering
13. Wil Bolton - Magenta
14. William Ryan Fritch - The Treshing Floor
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"It was in the fall of 2011 that Mourad Kachroud and Vinnie Blandin-Canonne had the idea to launch a new french label, VoxxoV Records, which is meant to put into shape their vision of electronic music: a particular sense of ambient music, glitch and electroacoustic compositions. Definitely independent, VoxxoV will give priority to limited yet original and valuable physical editions. We hope to see you numerous – listeners and artists alike – in following and supporting us in the mental travels we immerse you into. "

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Ghost - A Tale Of Life In VI Parts

Band: Ghost
Album: A Tale Of Life In VI Parts
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










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01. A Tale Of Life Part 1
02. A Tale Of Life Part 2
03. A Tale Of Life Part 3
04. A Tale Of Life Part 4
05. A Tale Of Life Part 5
06. A Tale Of Life Part 6
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They say the best music is created in times of hardship. Hardship can be many different things in many different ways but everyone experiences hardship in one way or another over the course of a lifetime.

We all know music has the ability to influence the way people feel and for musicians it can be a way for them to deal with situations in life. Countless artists have produced music reflective of what’s happening around them, inside them, it’s the expression that’s important.

As an artist Ghost has released 3 albums, multiple EP’s, singles, mix CD’s and remixed the likes of Benny Tones, Nicole Willis, Jehst, The Heavy, Coldcut, Bonobo, Verb T. His music has featured in films, he’s had remixes on PS3 games (The Heavy), he’s DJ’d and toured all over Europe and the UK, played Glastonbury, Hip Hop Kemp and DJ supported the likes of Public Enemy. He regularly gives away music as a thank you to the army of fans who have brought up more than 10,000 copies of his releases over the last 7 years.

If you’ve listened to the music or seen any of the hundreds of reviews for those albums you’ll know Ghost has the ability to draw the listener into his multi layered beats and engage them on a deeper level than most. 2nd album ‘Freedom of Thought’ was critically acclaimed and took him out of his straight Hip Hop listenership into a wider audience without sacrificing his trademark melodic beats.

So December 2011, Ghost, now a proud father of 2 boys (one 2 years old and the other 5 months old) heard the news that his love and partner had a rare form of cancer. Although treatable, ahead lies 6 months of treatment and hopefully a happy outcome.

‘A Tale of Life in VI Parts’ was started when it became clear something might be wrong and tracks the emotional journey of contemplating life whilst waiting for results. Taking inspiration from composer Philip Glass, Ghost takes you to deep and dark places but maintains a strength of character throughout its 22 minutes. Heavily orchestrated strings, pianos and drums are the backdrop to the EP giving it a genuine cinematic feel.

‘A Tale of Life in VI Parts’ was made for the listener to enjoy from start to finish without pause, so we highly recommend you find a spot of quiet time in your schedule and turn off your mobile volume, switch the TV off, maybe even grab the headphones and enjoy.

This is a name your price release, the emphasis being to raise awareness about cancer and the importance of seeing your doctor if you’re worried about a lump anywhere, do not think it will go away it won’t.

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Single: Bossk - Pick Up Artist

Band: Bossk
Album: Pick Up Artist (Single)
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










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01. Pick Up Artist
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Bossk return after a long time with their new single "Pick Up Artist". They will release their debut album in 2013.

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Album: These Hands - Endlessly

Band: These Hands
Album: Endlessly
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012








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01. Within
02. From Behind Closed Eyes
03. Remember Me
04. Soaring Sky
05. Drown The Sun
06. Tides (Loss)
07. Presence
08. Endlessly
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These Hands have slowly crafted their own blend of post-rock, nineties indie rock, and post-hardcore over a number of years. After a recent name change, many lineup changes in it's early life, tumultuous events at random intervals, and anchor dropping inertia at alot of times in between, These Hands have finally released their long awaited full length "Endlessly" in May this year.

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Album: Ilydaen - Digressions

Band: Ilydaen
Album: Digressions
Label: Dunk!Records, Wolves And Vibrancy Records
Year: 2012









Tracklist
01. Rewind
02. Grinding Calls
03. Timeline
04. Tormented Stones
05. Lifeline
06. Flavors
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Ilydæn [ilidɛn] was first formed in Liège, Belgium in 2008. They quickly split up and came back in November 2009 with a different musical direction, yet the line-up stayed the same.
Their first EP, Exordium, was released in 2010. Digression (parekbasis in Greek, egressio, digressio and excursion in Latin) is their first full ablum release.

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EP: Sonance - Like Ghosts

Band: Sonance
Album: Like Ghosts EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










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01. Side A
02. Side B
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Sonance is a band with doom, drone and sludge influences, formed in May 2011 in Bristol, UK.

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News: Isis Offer Free Download Of Temporal Bonus Tracks After Packaging Error

After a mistake in the CD packaging, Isis offered a free download link for the Temporal bonus track in their Facebook page accompanied by this note:

"Hello. To those who purchased "Temporal." There was a mixup with the CD packaging and the sticker placed on the front. The CD was stickered with the LP sticker claiming there was a 'download card with bonus tracks', the download card was mistakenly not included inside the CD package. So, here it is for your downloadable pleasure. Sorry for the mass confusion and inconvenience. We truly appreciate your support and understanding! - ISIS"

Band: Isis
Album: Temporal (Bonus Tracks)
Label: Ipecac
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. From Sinking (Demo)
02. Syndic Calls (Demo)
03. In Fiction (Demo)
04. 20 Minutes 40 Years (Demo)
05. Hall Of The Dead (Demo)
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You can buy the full release at Insound or Amazon (2xCD+DVD,3xLP+DVD).

EP: Morgue Of Saints & From Oceans To Autumn - Skies Give Way... (Split)

Band: Morgue Of Saints & From Oceans To Autumn
Album: Skies Give Way... (Split) EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










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Morgue Of Saints
01. Sleep I
02. Sleep II
From Oceans To Autumn
03. When Given Wings
04. Skies Give Way
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Morgue of Saints is a solo project founded by Elliot C, based in Montreal, Canada, founded with the goal of releasing experimental and doom metal created and crafted solely by himself.

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From Oceans To Autumn is an atmospheric metal band from Charlotte, NC that was founded in 2006.

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Album: The Silence Of A Whisper - The Past, The Future, The End

Band: The Silence Of A Whisper
Album: The Past, The Future, The End
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. The Endless Cycle Of Death
02. Close Your Eyes And Forget
03. Emotions And Soundscapes
04. Happy And Sad Times
05. I´m Not Perfect, Are You?
06. Believe
07. Memories
08. A Strange Dream
09. Flashback
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The Silence Of A Whisper is the musical project of Jerome Engström, a multi-instrumentalist, producer and artist from Gothenburg, Sweden. All programming and composition of The Silence Of A Whisper are performed by Jerome, with exception of the occasional guest musician or vocalist.

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News: So Hideous, My Love Kickstarter Campaign

The dream of every artist is to realize his or her loftiest ambition free from any hindrance that might disrupt the creative process. On our first 2 EPs, So Hideous has attempted to push our individual and collective musical boundaries by broadening the scope of instrumentation and raising the bar on the quality of production. While these EPs dabbled in violent chamber music, the ultimate goal has always been to compose the loudest and most emotionally draining symphony ever recorded. On our upcoming release, we are excited to build on our existing sound with the addition of lavish string arrangements, a small choir and a brass section. We truly feel as if we have only scratched the surface of our full potential as a collective. With this record we are striving to expand our musical palette to incorporate more dissonant and consonant melodies whilst having each piece tie the album together as a cohesive unit. This has always been an ambitious project, but its members are humble enough to know when to ask for help with its completion. With this Kickstarter campaign, we are trying to generate enough funding to bring the best possible experience we are capable of to our listeners...and to make our passion a reality.

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EP: The Beauty The World Makes Us Hope For - A

Band: The Beauty The World Makes Us Hope For
Album: A EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










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01. With These Foreign Feet Which Surprise Us, Let's Leap Into The Sea
02. From These Pains Wings Are Spurting And Then Vanishing In The Midst Of A Dance
03. Matter Piles Up, Knowledge Is Passed On, Curiosity Leads To Many Feats
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The Beauty The World Makes Us Hope For (TBTWMUHF) consists by four musicians who are willing to share the composition of music expressing emotions, instinct and sincerity.

Originally from Annecy, the group formed in 2009 and consists of two guitarists, Peter V. and Anthony H., tempting an invitation to travel and personal interpretation - and a drummer, Lauriane S., whose intention is to advance the time . In 2011 the change in the back of the drum kit with Cedric and the arrival of bassist Quentin reinforces the spirit of the group.

TBTWMUHF is also the desire to remember all the simple things we forget on the edge of our lives and touched by the beauty of a moment and carried away by the sweetness of melody.

The first EP "A", released in 2012, is inspired by real events and escapes by your imagination. It tells stories whose meaning are not told but the direction is given.

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EP : Jordaan - An_Drone_Myda

Band: Jordaan
Album: An_Drone_Myda EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012








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01. North Pole
02. Mountain
03. Happiness In Numbers
04. Towers Of Hanoi
05. Gliese
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Jordaan is an instrumental post-rock band from Torino, Italy.

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EP: Hesus Attor - Señorai

Band: Hesus Attor
Album: Señorai EP
Label: Geenger Records
Year: 2011










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01. Pardonian Clouds
02. Señorai
03. Psyclick
04. Vox Of Archibald
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In the harbour town of Rijeka, Croatia a small group of lovers of fast food and the local cuisine has given birth to a surrealistic monster which they have named Hesus Attor. They have equipped it with what they have read in comic books and seen in horror movies, but above all with a classic set of instruments every metal, rock, punk, hardcore or crossover band must have. The outcome is spectacular: a mixture of parody, schizophrenia and the absurd.

Between 2003 and 2005 Hesus Attor experimented with many musical genres, in the beginning as an instrumental trio. They self-released the results of their experiments calling their label Izdali Smo Metal (We Betrayed Metal). After Monade i dia peti (2003) and Vamonos Todos (2005) the group of gourmands consisting of Juan Pablo Pe De Rigad, Senor JosÈ and Digitus were joined by singer El Cathedralico who gave the monster a voice. In the summer of 2006 they released Green Feathers and Canaries, a mini-album which made the listener realize that the guys were being serious. This was even more audible on stage. Squeezing genre after subgenre, jumping from the developed to the undeveloped, from smoky ethno to sweaty heavy metal they rose from anonymity and made the earth shake in Kvarner, their home region, and elsewhere.

The shockwaves were perceived by Mr. Moonlee (Moonlee Records) who could not help himself but widen his colourful clan by those who have betrayed metal .

Hesus Attor do not hide their influences, their metal and hard core origins, but they often look back on them through a magnifying glass of irony and satire. Nothing is sacred to them. They devour and digest everything, only to spit it out again. By disregarding tradition, using deconstruction and a dadaistic concept, Hesus Attor and their mathematically precise anti-mixture of musical genres have placed themselves outside of every framework. Listening to their music causes avant-garde claustrophobia. They are as untameable as Mr. Bungle once was and Mike Patton still is. They do not fear the comparison with the Japanese demons Boredoms and Ruins; in fact they seem to be cross-bred with them. Just like John Zorn was in Naked City s good years.

The time has come for a new step, a new album. It was cooked and fried in Rijeka s catacombs for over a year just to be ready in time for mass consumption in September 2008. Moonlee Records proudly presents Sonic Gastronomy Volume 1.

Listening to the album you will realize that not only your digestive system is being tested, but also your patience and your ability to concentrate. Take the record into your hands. A blow below the belt and an unbelievable cultural electroshock await you.

In case anybody was wondering why all these allusions to food: The guys like to eat. Hence all their lyrics are about   food.

Señorai is their latest release.

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Album: Nils Frahm - Screws

Band: Nils Frahm
Album: Screws
Label: Erased Tapes
Year: 2012










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01. You
02. Do
03. Re
04. Mi
05. Fa
06. Sol
07. La
08. Si
09. Me
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Nils Frahm, born on September 20th, 1982, had an early introduction to music. During his childhood he was taught to play piano by Nahum Brodski – a student of the last scholar of Tschaikowski. It was through this that Nils began to immerse himself in the styles of the classical pianists before him as well as contemporary composers.

Today Nils Frahm works as an accomplished composer and producer from his Berlin-based Durton Studio, where he has worked and collaborated with many contemporaries such as Peter Broderick, Ólafur Arnalds, Anne Müller, Deaf Center, Efterklang and Dustin O’Halloran amongst other fellow musicians. His unconventional approach to an age-old instrument, played contemplatively and intimately, has won him many fans around the world. For a musician this early in his career, Frahm displays an incredibly developed sense of control and restraint in his work, catching the ear of many fans including Thom Yorke, who featured one of Nils’ songs in Radiohead’s HQ office chart. As the recognition continues to grow for his previous solo piano works 'Wintermusik' (2009) and ‘The Bells’ (2009), October 2011 saw the release of his most acclaimed album to date: 'Felt'.

Having recorded his last album live in a large, reverberant church, Nils Frahm now invites you to put on your headphones and dive into a world of microscopic and delicate sounds – so intimate that you could be sitting beside him. Recorded late at night in the reflective solitude and silence of his studio in Berlin, Frahm uncovers a new sound and source of inspiration within these peaceful moments: 'Originally I wanted to do my neighbours a favour by damping the sound of my piano. If I want to play piano during the quiet of the night, the only respectful way is by layering thick felt in front of the strings and using very gentle fingers. It was then that I discovered that my piano sounds beautiful with the damper.’

Captivated by this sonic exposition, he placed the microphones so deep inside the piano that they were almost touching the strings. This brought a host of external sounds to the recordings which most producers would try their hardest to hide: ‘I hear myself breathing and panting, the scraping sound of the piano's action and the creaking of my wooden floorboards – all equally as loud as the music. The music becomes a contingency, a chance, an accident within all this rustling. My heart opens and I wonder what exactly it is that makes me feel so happy.’

'Felt' creates its own personal microcosm, offering a refuge of tender and honest beauty.

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EP: Sleep Maps - The Stars Against Men

Band: Sleep Maps
Album: The Stars Against Men EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










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01. The Stars
02. Men
03. The Stars Against Men
04. The Stars Against Stars
05. Men Against Men
06. Post Stars
07. Post Men
08. Riot In The Void
09. An Era In The Blink Of An Eye Part 1
10. An Era In The Blink Of An Eye Part 2
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Remix EP for the first song off Sleep Maps' debut record, 'Fiction Makes the Future'.

These remixes and all included content were produced through manipulation of the multi-track recordings for Sleep Maps "Men Against the Stars". No additional instrumentation or audio data was used in generation of these remixes.

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Album: Dresda - Diluvio

Band: Dresda
Album: Diluvio
Label: Marsiglia Records, Asiluum Net Label, Dissenso Records
Year: 2012









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01. Piccoli Ricordi
02. Le Strade All'Alba
03. Che Tu Sia Per Me Il Coltello
04. Fili Spezzati
05. Diluvio
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 Dresda is an instrumental band from Genova, Italy, born in ’05. Their name comes from the novel “slaughterhouse-five” by Kurt Vonnegut. They released their first record called" Pequod" on 20 December 2008, under Marsiglia Records, after releasing their EP “We are the superfunkers!” in Febraury 2007.

They  are influenced by the post-rock movement, and most of all we are involved in soundtrack music, as we try to represent and to emphasize with our songs some never-shooted cinematic sequences.

In the last years Dresda made lots of gigs, some songs have been published in some compilations and radio broadcasts. After "Pequod" was released in December 08, the band received many positive reviews from the dedicated press.

In September ’09, the netlabel Asiluum published "Pequod" with a new artwork.

In December ’09, they took part to the Italian edition of the Canadian documentary “RIP! A remix manifesto“, published by Feltrinelli Real Cinema and distributed on DVD nationally.

On January 2010 after using their music into the short movie “La lingua del disordine“, directors Marco Longo and Giorgio Montolivo shooted our first official video “La Stanza e l’Orologio”.

During year 2010 the band worked on motion picture soundtracks: the Italian independent movie “The Krolevsky Case“, and the short movie “La lingua del disordine”.

Dresda's newest release is “Diluvio”, that will was out in October 2012 on CD and digitally on Marsiglia Records, Asiluum Net Label, Dissenso Records.

Dresda are: Marco D’Oro, Daniel Campagne, Ivan Teso, Marco Cavaleri, Antonio Rodo

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News: Arktika

MAY THE BRIDGES THAT I BURNED LIGHT MY WAY.

Dear friends, we have some bad news: due to different problems and new directions in life, we will soon have to close this chapter called Arktika. This band meant and still means a lot to us, but certain circumstances make it impossible for us to continue as we want to. Do not mistake us: we are still best friends and still love making music. Until the final curtain drops in 2013, you will definitely hear from us again – promised! So this is not our last message. And every end may be the beginning of something new… Love – Arktika

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EP: Chronos - Appalachia

Band: Chronos
Album: Appalachia EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










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01. Appalachia
02. The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over The Hills
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A post-metal band from Kent in the UK. Formed in 2010, Chronos have self released a 4-track demo digitally and released debut EP The Grips of Winter via Dog Knights Productions. They also released a split 10” with The Mire, which was released on Dog Knights Productions in Autumn 2011.

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Album: Hammock - Departure Songs

Band: Hammock
Album: Departure Songs
Label: Hammock Music
Year: 2012










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01. Cold Front
02. Ten Thousand Years Won't Save Your Life
03. Together Alone
04. Artificial Paradises
05. (Tonight) We Burn Like Stars That Never Die
06. Pathos
07. Awakened, He Heard Only Silence
08. Words You Said... I'll Never Forget You Now
09. Tape Recorder
10. Frailty (For the Dearly Departed)
11. Dark Circles
12. (Let's Kiss) While All the Stars Are Falling Down
13. All Is Dream and Everything Is Real
14. Mute Angels
15. Hiding But Nobody Missed You
16. We Could Die Chasing This Feeling
17. Glossolalia
18. (Leaving) The House Where We Grew Up
19. Tornado Warning
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Departure Songs is Hammock's fifth LP and first double album. It was mixed by Tim Powles (The Church), mastered by Taylor Deupree (solo artist and 12K) and features contributions by Keith Kenniff (Helios, Goldmund).

Hammock go massive as they meditate on grand themes of death and loss, their music ever larger, more expansive. Every song a mountaintop vista with a clear view to the horizon, unencumbered by clouds, in all directions. Departure Songs demands that it be played loudly so that the details in each track can breathe, whether it is the androgynous, falsetto vocals of Marc Byrd or the angelic voice of Christine Glass Byrd or just a little bit of guitar in the background, this record is nuanced in a most compelling fashion. The arrangements beg to be picked apart - soaring guitars, propulsive bass, and hypnotic strings. The vocals work wonderfully as an instrument, but when the words finally become understandable, they cause shivers.

Departure Songs is an album about being there and not being there. And how it feels to both be there and have someone else not be there. Presence and absence. Love and grief. Hammock’s music has always been a balm for troubled hearts in troubled times - and here the troubled times are their own. This is intensely personal music, and we are lucky that Hammock will let us listen in.

Not as fragile as previous efforts, Departure Songs shows a more mature songwriting, more assured production, a fuller approach to crafting music. Hammock retains its signature approach to epic music-making, but this time out, herald their muse in all capital letters, with cinematic crescendos and an architect’s ear for structure both within a song and as a sequence of songs. The quiet, more ambient tracks act as both underline and counterbalance to the bigger tracks.

Hammock’s greatest success as musicians is to make music that is, at its heart, completely the saddest music ever made but expressed in a manner that is ecstatic. This is what makes Hammock special - ecstasy through exquisite sadness. Epiphany.

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Album: Antennas To Heaven - You Have 6 Weeks To Destroy Everything

Band: Antennas To Heaven
Album: You Have 6 Weeks To Destroy Everything
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










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01. You Have 6 Weeks To Destroy Everything
02. Who Is Michael J. Fox?
03. We Would Never Speak Again
04. Around 4....4.30
05. Ratio Of Pigeons To Seagulls = 3:1
06. Paradox Of Technology
07. Vaguest Sense Of Regret
08. Collection Of Thoughts From The Office Corridor
09. Log
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The third album from Antennas To Heaven sees them continuing to be the main purveyors of postrockspokenwordtronica . The band wanted to move beyond a collection of little stories and work upon a story that unfolds as the album progresses and something that would give the listener more and more to discover on repeated listens. At the same time the album sees Antennas To Heaven further develop their sound, taking on board influences including Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine, Fuck Buttons and The Flaming Lips. And so 'You Have 6 Weeks to Destroy Everything' was born; an album about a man who dicovers time travel.

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EP: EF - Delusions Of Grandeur

Band: EF
Album: Delusions Of Grandeur EP
Label: Pelagic Records
Year: 2012










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01. Delusions Of Grandeur
02. Fem
03. I Never Felt This Way Before
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EF was formed in 2003. In 2006 the band made themselves a name in the post-rock genre with their debut album “Give me beauty… Or give me death!” and the song “Hello Scotland”. The band started to tour Europe intensively.

Second full length album “I am responsible” was released in 2008. A bit darker story. The band moved up to the bigger live venues, played some festivals and also supported bands like Red Sparowes, 65daysofstatic, Aereogramme and many more.

“Mourning golden morning” was released on April 1st 2010. The bands third full length album recorded and produced by Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna). Do we need to say it sounds absolutely amazing!?! The sound have grown, become more focused and dead on. It’s more heavy and raw but still catchy and very dynamic. The album got raving reviews all over Europe and EF did a 6 week tour to support it.

In 2011 the band did their very first Asia tour during two weeks. A incredible experience that is hard to describe but EF will definitely go back. The spring and summer also offered EF some festival appearances and numerous of selected club shows. For example Friction Fest (DE) Dunk! Festival (BE), Wave Gottik Treffen (DE), Bootboohook (DE), Ieper Hardcore Fest (BE) and Stemweder Open Air (DE).

Up to date the band have done 14 European tours and grown to a stable, dynamic and explosive live band. Sometimes we say that EF is one of the hardest working independent bands in Europe. I guess we’re right.

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Album: My Sleeping Karma - Soma

Band: My Sleeping Karma
Album: Soma
Label: Napalm Records
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Pachyclada
02. Interlude
03. Ephedra
04. Interlude
05. Eleusine Coracana
06. Interlude
07. Saumya
08. Interlude
09. Somalatha
10. Interlude
11. Psilocybe
12. Interlude by Sheyk rAleph (Bonus Track)
13. Glow11 (Remix by Holzner&Kaleun) (Bonus Track)
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My Sleeping Karma`s fourth alum "Soma" follows the band’s own individualistic and atmospheric path towards enlightenment. Following the meaning of the album title ("Soma" is the intoxicating drink of the gods), the instrumental psychedelic groove rock of the German quartet enhances the consciousness in a truly hypnotic and bewitching manner. The multilayered compositions move skilfully between heavy rock riffs and enchanting melodic parts with a high level of calmness and beauty. "Soma" is visually complimented by Sebastian Jerke’s artwork that is filled with astonishing details and beauty.  "Soma" offers the perfect movie soundtrack to everybody’s own inner journey. Just be warned, you may never want to leave again!

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Album: Caspian - Waking Season

Band: Caspian
Album: Waking Season
Label: Triple Crown Records
Year: 2012










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01. Waking Season
02. Porcellous
03. Gone In Bloom And Bough
04. Halls Of The Summer
05. Akiko
06. High Lonesome
07. Hickory '54
08. Long The Desert Mile
09. Collider In Blue
10. Fire Made Flesh
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Where previous self-produced efforts impressed yet lacked a real sense of purpose, ‘Waking Season’ has the clockwork-like ethos of producer Matt Bayles (Isis, Minus The Bear) stamped all over it. Each song begins with the aim of arriving at a plain of intelligently-layered majesty, predominately succeeding in doing so. ‘Gone In Bloom And Bough’ utilises programmed drum sounds and gently looping guitars before cascading into a wall of overdrive and haunting vocals. But it is never done at the expense of melody, an aspect that permeates throughout the record: a record that pushes the boundaries of post-rock to stratospheric new levels. - Rocksound.tv

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Album: Blueneck - Epilogue

Band: Blueneck
Album: Epilogue
Label: Denovali Records
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Apogee
02. Carina
03. (Eta Carinae)
04. Colonization - Incident 1
05. Colonization - Incident 2
06. Symbiosis - Part 1
07. Symbiosis - Part 2
08. Suppression
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UK band Blueneck bring their trademark sense of melancholy mood and melody to a new instrumental project called "Epilogue", due for worldwide release on Denovali records in October 2012. Typically known for the distinctive haunting vocals of mainman Duncan Attwood, "Epilogue" takes a deliberately different approach. Inspired by Attwood's recently commissioned solo work on soundtracks for independent films, not to mention the influence of inspirational composers and soundscapers such as Brian Eno, Air, John Carpenter and Clint Mansell, this vocal-free release is the soundtrack to an (as yet) imaginary film. "Epilogue" follows a trio of critically-acclaimed full length albums (2006's Scars of the Midwest; 2009's The Fallen Host ; 2011's Repetitions).

Attwood says ""Epilogue" is intended as both the start and end of a number of distinct creative periods. It's a bookend to our three previous full-length vocal albums, a statement of intent on our parallel soundtrack work, and a means of clearing our collective minds before we started work on our new recording. It's our intention that the Blueneck you hear in the future will be markedly different to what you hear on this release". The band are currently working on the release of their fourth full-length vocal album, as yet untitled, due for release on Denovali in 2013.

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