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ools pointed out that the YouTube meme “The Machine is Us/ing Us” has been updated. Fortunately the music is untouched. The music from this video is by Deus who I believe is from the Ivory Coast. I can’t really tell you much about him, but I can tell you that it’s damn fine music.
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Susanna And The Magical Orchestra are a duo from Oslo, keyboard player Morten Qvenild and singer Susanna Karolina Wallumrød.
Susanna And The Magical Orchestra can be found at the place where popmusic, electronica and jazz all intersect. Have a listen to “Believer” over at http://www.myspace.com/susannamagical. Its a wonderful languid piece that just unfolds at it’s on [...]

Wandering around Jamendo is always fun, their collection of electronic artists never cease to amaze me. Today’s offering comes direct from their front page. Chill Carrier is basically Sebastian Kretzschmar. I wish I could tell you something about him but there isn’t a lot of info.

What is it with the English and weird noises? I personally blame Delia Derbyshire and Doctor Who. There is a whole generation grew up listening to the very cool piece of electronica that is the Doctor Who theme, and then somewhere in the Seventies synths allowed us all access to a nearly inexhaustible palette of [...]

Alias is Brendon Whitney,  and Well Water Black is an awesome amalgm of drum machine beat wrangling, real drums and some really captivating vocals. I could probably do with out the rap but it does work as does the bits of guitar that litter this track.
Dont get me wrong this is seriously well crafted and [...]

I hadn’t been over to Jamendo for ages, so I popped over to look for something trippy, atmospheric and well a “Chill ” piece. I picked Silence totally by random and clicked “L’autre endroit” (the first album) and then “Cellule“.
This is certainly trippy, quite a road trip through a disparate sonic landscape.  A wonderful combination [...]

“Computer vs. Banjo” is a duo, Johnny Mann was a jazz studies major before playing guitar for Gran Torino; while Beau Stapleton taught himself, focusing on roots music before playing the mandolin for Blue Merle. So lets agree that these are a tad different as backrounds go.  They met in Nashville and “Computer vs. Banjo” [...]