Runs on Codeine by The Sales Department
This came to my inbox sometime last year and I have no idea how I overlooked it until now. At any rate, download the 5 track EP "Runs on Codeine" for free (.zip). It's full of dreamy quiet drones that sound exactly like you'd expect, given its title.
Chartier, Sawako, Yamaguchi, Silva - Live at Atlantic Waves
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSe2gN6pEm0&hl=en&fs=1]
Of Surfaces by Richard Chartier
Let's start off the year with the minimalist-est of minimalism. On top of this, you can build anything. An eMusic review called it "dusted absence."
Thanks for reading everyone, happy new year, and onward we go.
Richard Chartier at Wikipedia.org Of Surfaces by Richard Chartier on eMusic.com
James Devane
Recently received a disc of a net release from James Devane. It's a series of "nine live performance excerpts featuring continuously accumulating loops filtered through different processes."
It's really well done. There's a physical release scheduled for May, 2009. In the meantime, you can download the entire set of .mp3's as a .zip. Stream the tracks below to get a taste.
[audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track01.mp3|titles=Track01.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track02.mp3|titles=Track02.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track03.mp3|titles=Track03.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track04.mp3|titles=Track04.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track05.mp3|titles=Track05.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track06.mp3|titles=Track06.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track07.mp3|titles=Track07.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track08.mp3|titles=Track08.mp3|artists=James Devane] [audio:http://www.ambientmusicblog.com/misc/media/music/Devane/Track09.mp3|titles=Track09.mp3|artists=James Devane]
AtmoWorks.com
"AtmoWorks.com is a label owned and operated by Vir Unis, John Koch-Northrup, and Matt McDonough working in concert with a team of dynamic and talented individuals to bring you the best in electronic music. AtmoWorks was founded in 2001." They've put out some nice work. Have a look around. I'll be featuring some of the records in particular in the coming weeks.