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Artist: Liquid Zen
Website: http://magnatune.com/artists/liquid_zen
Track Name: Elements At Loop 10
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Today’s pick is from the ever entertaining Magnatune catalog.
Lets start with the hype…
Known for an opulent synthesis of vocals and electronics, Roland St. John Perez takes a “no deadline” approach to making music, and the result is an exotic, atmospheric sound that touches on [...]

Artist: Paul Avgerinos
Website: http://magnatune.com/artists/avgerinos
Track Name: Muse of the Round Sky
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I wanted something lush today. I have been thinking and reading about Casablance and Michael Curtiz recently and it brought up the memory of Max Steiner’s wonderful score. I mean his arrangment of “La Marsellaise” and “Lied der Deutschen” in the “singoff” scene at [...]

Artist: Atomica
Website: http://www.theatomicaproject.com/
Track Name: Delorian
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Lets see… Delorian is a trip-hoppy and kind of jazzy, very stylish electronics track and with an an interesting female vocal to complete the package you will find yourself thinking Portishead but dig a bit deeper. This is a very short piece but the evocative atmosphere leaves you [...]

Artist: Rob Costlow
Website: http://www.robcostlow.com/
Track Name: Meant To Be
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Today’s piece is solo piano and rather beautifully done. Rob Costlow was one of the early artists that cc365 found and turned us all on to. I stumbled across “Meant To Be” on my mp3 player during the week (which was a bit of a shock [...]

Artist: Terre Thaemlitz Website: http://www.comatonse.com/thaemlitz/ Track Name: Hush Now (DJ Sprinkles’ Broken Record Mix). By Terre Thaemlitz Playback: mp3 Download?: Yes
Today we are going to have a look at Terre Thaemlitz. the multi-media producer, writer, public speaker, educator, audio remixer, DJ and owner of the Comatonse Recordings record label. His work combines themes of [...]

Artist: Another Fine Day
Website: http://www.anotherfineday.co.uk/
Track Name: Scarborough Fair
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This Sundays piece is Scarborough Fair (yep the old English folk song), it comes from the album Salvage by Another Fine Day. This version draws on English folk , southeast African music, acid jazz, and Eno-esque electronic landscapes, without ever hanging around any one of them. [...]

Artist: Saros
Website: http://magnatune.com/artists/saros
Track Name: Deja vu
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Another Sunday and time for some downtime (if only eh?). This week finds us back at Magnatune and the pick is Deja vu. It’s a rhythmically interesting and melodically a lot of fun piece. I love some of the old school sounds that flit through, the [...]