Skeksis Netlabel Project - Small Town Lullabies (Compilation) (2010)

Description: "The long wait is over; ‘Small Town Lullabies’ is the 11th part of the series and it’s full of indie-folk songs from ten less known artists. If you are interested in gentle acoustic music with melancholic melodies, then don’t hesitate and download this sampler for free!

For fans of Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Radiohead,U2,.."

Tracklist:
01 the dead eyes of london (GER) – Spitting In The Dirt
02 The Great Park (UK) – You Are Better Than This (first version)
03 Louis Aguilar (USA) – Six Feet Under
04 The Nichols Family Gospel Hour (USA) – Deaths Lullaby Feat. Dave Lee
05 Josh Woodward (USA) – She Remained
06 shino (GER) – Green Mile
07 Peter Matthew Kasen (USA) – Black Ink
08 Our Ceasing Voice (AUT) – Summer’s Orange Haze (Acoustic)
09 No Hype (IR) – Signs
10 Tristame (USA) – The Beginning

Genre: Acoustic, Indie, Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Piano
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Ramon Galvan - Outer Tumbolia (2009)

Das erste Soloalbum von Ramon Galvan. Ramon ist in der südafrikanischen Undergroundszene ein gern gehörter Mann. Schon mit seiner mitgegründeten Avantgarde-Band Blackmilk feierte er große Erfolge. „Outer Tumbolia“ bietet ein breites Spektrum an guten Einflüssen, Innovation und Experimentalität. Jeder Song ist eine neue Reise an ein neues Ziel. Akustikgitarren, eine Stimme die jede Zelle eures Körpers erreicht, Post-Rockige Arrangements, teils Klänge à la A Silver Mt. Zion, jazzige Percussions, Melodicas, Cellos, Glockenspiele, elektronische Elemente, und vieles vieles mehr...

Dieses Album kann man sogar nach 20 Durchläufen immer noch nicht ganz begreifen. Ramon war so nett uns das Album zum freien Download anzubieten. Also ladet es und unterstützt ihn und seine Mitmusiker!
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This is the first solo-album of Ramon Galvan. Ramon is a known man in the south african underground-scene. With his avantgarde-band Blackmilk he celebrated huge success. „Outer Tumbolia“ has a large bandwith from good influences, innovations and experiments. Each song is a new trip to new targets. Acoustic guitars, a voice which reaches every cell in your body, postrockish arrangements, tones à la A Silver Mt. Zion, jazzy percussions, melodicas, cellos, glockenspiel, electronic elements and many many more...

You won’t be able to realise this album completely even after the 20th run. Ramon gave us the permission to offer it for free download. So, load it and support him and his musicians!

Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Acoustic, Experimental, Post Rock
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Aviv Cohn - the Widest Smiling Faces (2005-2009)

Heute gibts mal was ganz anderes bei uns, kein Sludge, kein Post Metal und auch kein Post Rock... heute gibts ein Singer/Songwriter-Album mit Folk-Einflüssen aus New York. Das vorliegende Album the Widest Smiling Faces ist über einen Zeitraum von vier Jahren entstanden, was man den einzelnen Songs auch anhört.

Nach dem Durchforsten der ellenlangen Liste von Einflüssen auf Avivs Myspace-Seite musste ich erstaunt feststellen, dass genau die zwei Künstler, die mir sofort in den Sinn kamen, dort gar nicht aufzufinden sind: Peter Hammill und John Frusciante. Das vorliegende Album hört sich nämlich meiner Meinung an wie eine Mischung aus Niranda Lades & Usually Just A T-shirt , Shadows Collide With People und dem großartigen Clutch.

Großartig ist auch die Musik, die uns Aviv Cohn auf seinem Debutalbum präsentiert: traumhaft schöne Balladen (Books and Newspapers, Cough Syrup), straighte Rocksongs (Edge Of A Knife) und instrumentale Interludes (Airplane, Death). Die Interludes ließen mich zuerst an Shadows Collide With People denken... aber da haben mich persönlich die Interludes eher genervt, hier passen sie perfekt ins Gesamtbild des Albums.

Zusammenfassend lässt sich sagen, dass Aviv Cohn hier ein fantastisches Lo-Fi Album abgeliefert hat, an dem ich nur einen Kritikpunkt finden kann: es ist leider ein bischen zu kurz. Andererseits sind mir 27 Minuten sehr gute Musik lieber als 60 Minuten Mittelmaß!

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Today, I don't have any sludge or post metal oder post rock... today, I have a fine singer/songwriter record straight from New York that features some folk-influenced tunes. Writing and recording the Widest Smiling Faces took Aviv Cohn four years which one can clearly hear when linstening to those 12 very different tracks.

After reading the very long list of people and bands that he cites as influences on his Myspace page, I was kind of baffled when I realized that the two artists I was immediately thinking about weren't on that list: Peter Hammill and John Frusciante. Because, in my opinion, this records sounds like a very fresh mixture of Niranda Lades & Usually Just A T-shirt , Shadows Collide With People and the absolutely amazing Clutch.

What is also abolutely amazing are the tunes Aviv presents on his debut album: insanely beautiful ballads (Books and Newspapers, Cough Syrup), straight rock songs (Edge Of A Knife) and a few instrumentals, which are mostly interludes (Airplane, Death). When listening to those interludes I had to think about Shadows Collide With People... but on that particular record, I found those interludes to be very annoying, whereas here they are a perfect fit, matching the overall mood of the record.

I have to say, Aviv Cohn gave us a fantastic Lo-Fi record, that has only one flaw: it's way to short. But, I guess I'll choose 27 great minutes over 60 mediocre ones every day!


Genre: Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Experimental
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Silent Paper Radios - Reborn as a Wind Chime (2009)

Endlich. Silent Paper Radios auf Albumlänge. 11 Songs voller Liebe und Hingabe, ganz oft zwischen Melancholie und Hoffnung. Das mag jetzt pathetisch klingen, aber was uns Dan Gubbins alias Silent Paper Radios hier präsentiert, bedarf wirklich keiner anderen Beschreibung.

Nach der Review der „Reborn as a Wind Chime“ Demos vor ein paar Wochen, kontaktierte uns Dan - womöglich einer der nettesten Menschen auf der ganzen Welt - und fragte, ob wir nicht auch das Album, an dem er gerade arbeitete, rezensieren könnten. Aber natürlich. Diese wunderbare Musik, die einige ungerechterweise vielleicht als Hippiemusik bezeichnen würden, braucht definitiv mehr Aufmerksamkeit.

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Finally, a whole album from Silent Paper Radios. 11 Songs, full of love and devotion, often between melancholy and hope. This might sound pathetic, but the music of Dan Gubbins- alias Silent Paper Radios- deserves no other description.

After the review of the „Reborn as a Wind Chime“-Demos a few weeks ago, Dan, probably one of the nicest persons in the whole world, got in contact with us and asked, whether we could review the album he was working on. Of course we could. This beautiful music, which some unfairly may call hippie music, definitely needs more attention.

Genre: Folk, Acoustic, Singer-Songwriter
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Silent Paper Radios - Reborn As A Wind Chime (Demos) (2009)

Mal was anderes für eure verwöhnten Ohren ;-)

Den Mann, der sich hinter Silent Paper Radios verbirgt, könnte man möglicherweise als echten Hippie bezeichnen. Lässt sich auf Bäume kletternd, Schwäne fütternd oder mit Stirnband und Tüchern behangen und Joint in der Hand fotografieren. Außerdem will er uns in seinem Blog etwas von Toleranz, Freiheit und der bösen Regierung erzählen. Nichtsdestotrotz spricht seine Musik für sich. Wie sollte es anders sein - schöner gitarrenlastiger Acoustic Folk.

Wer Bon Iver und Devendra Banhart oder andere bärtige Singer-Songwriter mag, wird auch an Silent Paper Radios Freude haben.

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Something different for your spoiled ears ;-)

The man behind Silent Paper Radios can probably be considered a true hippie. Being photographed while climbing on trees, feeding swans or smoking joints, wearing cloths and a headband. Moreover in his blog he tells us somehting about tolerance, freedom and the bad government. Nevertheless his music speaks for itself. Beautiful folk on acoustic guitar.

For those of you who like Bon Iver and Devendra Banhart or the other bearded Singer-Songwriters of the world.

Genre: Folk, Acoustic, Singer-Songwriter
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Sarah Fimm - White Birds EP (2008)

I really like female vocalists. Besides the fact that they often embellish the aesthetics offside the musical terrain (aka being cute), their voices are usually able to give songs their distinct sound, to lead the song in the intended direction by capturing its validity in beautiful melodies and soothing harmonies. Sarah Fimm embodies exactly that ideal for me, and with the free christmas gift that was and still is White Birds, she gives you the opportunity to decide if she does it for you too.

First, think of the singer-songwriter qualities of the likes of Sarah MacLachlan or Tori Amos getting accompanied by Portishead-ish trip hop nuances to get a rough idea what this will sound like. Still attentive? Then remember what I told you in terms of a great female vocalist and keep it in mind while you enter the first song of the EP, "Counting Waves", likewise the preview track.

You see the song is fully carried by Fimms touching voice while the unobtrusive instrumentation lays down a solid musically backbone but never sparkles. The trip hop influence firstly shines in the second track "Let it Run" and marks with its gloomy atmosphere and distorted sounds an impressive one-eighty compared to the subtle and stripped-down tone of "Counting Waves". It happens to be that even such distinct shifts soundwise can't take off the focus from the addicting voice of Sarah, what is in fact a good indication of her ability to envelop the listener with perfect intonation and emotionally versatility. Whether it is the prominent use of electronics in "Tamara", the soaring soundscape of "White Birds" or the haunting piano tone in "Fly", the remarkably varied input of different instruments and devices never gets behind its supporting role but manages it to accomplish the songs flawlessly.

Mastering the narrow burr that is this compromise between an absorbing vocal delivery and a subsidiary instrumental performance, White Birds displays an enjoyable piece of female fronted relaxing music that is as diverse in its atmospheric environment as it is cohesive in the sense of being a collection of captivating and soulful songs.

Tracklist:
01 - Counting Waves
02 - Let It Run
03 - Tamara Song
04 - Afraid
05 - Fly
06 - White Birds

Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Trip Hop, Electronica
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Christian Zisterer - Carry On! (2007)

Ein Post, der nicht gerade in unsere Sparte passt, aber eine Cd, die mir am Herzen liegt und ich mir gerne als Ausgleich anhöre. Christian Zisterer ist ein Singer-Songwriter aus Tirol und hat mit mir gemeinsam die Höhere Technische Lehranstalt für Elektrotechnik in Innsbruck durchgestanden. Mir kommt das kotzen, wenn ich an die Schulzeit zurückdenke. Auf jeden Fall macht das die Cd von Christian wieder wett. Mit dem sehr unbeschwinglichen, optimistischen Stil dieses Werkes verwandelt sich jeder schlechte Tag in einen Guten. Man merkt einfach, dass er sich mit sehr viel Energie und Leidenschaft ans Songschreiben macht. Es lohnt sich auf alle Fälle in den Preview reinzuhören und das Album zu laden.

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This post isn’t really fitting in in our Genre but a CD which is close to my heart and i like to listen to it for adjustment. Christian Zisterer is a singer-songwriter from Tyrol and survived the hard education of the higher technical academy of electrical engineering here in Innsbruck with me. I could puke when i’m reminiscing those hard schooldays. But the Cd of Christian fixes those times. With the easiness and optimistical style of this creation every bad day turns into a good one. You just notice that his songwriting goes along with a lot of energy and passion. At all events it’s worth to check out the preview below and downloading the album.

Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Acoustic Rock
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