alight here vol 0007

Maybe we should have a “Tuneful Thursday” as I always seem to miss “Music Monday”?

Anyway… here is the latest instalment in the “alight here” mixcast series.

As always, I have curated a selection of personal favourites… tracks that have captured my attention of late… tracks that are worthy of your attention.

Please support the artists included within this mixcast by downloading their music and giving where appropriate. We need to support grass-roots independent musicians in this manner… or we’ll be left with guff from the X-Factor.

Enjoy

Tx

Tracklisting

• “Everything We Possess Will In Turn Possess Us” by Citizens Of The Empire: from their self-titled album
• “Sentimental Hospital” by Daniel Prendiville: taken from his album, Happy Days In The Gulag
• “Weird Fishez” by AmpLive: taken from the Rainydayz Remixes album
• “Albedo” by Paul Kwitek: taken from his album, Qualia
• “December On The Dunes” by Cousin Silas: taken from The BFW Christmas Album 2010
• “Other Travellers” by Janes Scenic Drive: taken from their album, Color of Heaven
• “A Haunt Of Jackals” by Lowercase Noises: taken from his album, Seafront
• “Pouring the fluid into the system” by 2 Degree Ramp: taken from the netlabel release, CXR Siphon / Non-Field
• “A Flood Named Aftermath” by Circadian Eyes: taken from his Rain EP
• “Canada” by Sleepless Dreams taken from the “...And The Earth Swarmed With Them/Sleepless Dreams” Split EP.
• “Liihko hymn” by Flutterspot: taken from the netlabel release, Labmat

alight here vol 0006

alight here vol.0006

In preparation for a new year... I give you the sixth instalment in the alight here mixcast series. 2010 was a great year for music and, as such, it is my intention to highlight some new material that has really captured my attention as well as more familiar tracks that have sustained my interest and really grown on me.

All the artists featured are independent musicians... please support them by checking out their music, buying where appropriate, and spreading the word.

Oh and this mixcast is brought to you in conjunction with the something beautiful podcast - we have a "musical interlude" every-so-often and it was my turn... so it made sense to bring the two together.

Enjoy... and please support the artists featured.

Happy New Year

Tx

01) The Breaker Anointing by Shekinah taken from The Wind Lost Its Breath And The Sea Became As Smooth As Glass
02) Angle Of Incidence by The Echelon Effect taken from Fracture And Fragments
03) Like A Firefly (Love) by Lowercase Noises taken from Carry Us All Away
04) Summit by Emmalee Crane taken from Formantine
05) Light Of Those Whose Dreary Dwelling by The Opiate Mass taken from Volume 2: Albatross (direct download)
06) Golden Contrails by Cousin Silas taken from Complex Silence 9 - Fresh Landscapes (netlabel release)
07) Meeting at the utility pole by edPorth taken from Saying vamos and thinking let's go
08) Big Sky by Matt Stevens taken from Ghost
09) Count Your Blessings by The Lower Lights taken from The Lower Lights - A Hymn Revival
10) Redemption Today by United Harvest Workers Union taken from their self-titled release
11) Falling Off Trees by Uniform Motion taken from Pictures (netlabel release)
12) I Will be Silent by Over the Ocean taken from Paper House

(all tracks from bandcamp releases unless otherwise highlighted)


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alight here vol.0005 ...in celebration of cousin silas

alight here #0005 - 1hr47mins - 147mb - 192kbps

To celebrate the release of Cousin Silas' latest album :: Complex Silence vol.9 - Fresh Landscapes :: I have dedicated the whole of an extended alight here #0005 to his wonderful ambient electronic soundscapes.

My intention with this mix was twofold:
1) To showcase the music of Cousin Silas... who is an independent musician, and
2) Bring together my most favourite tracks into one continuous mix.

But... to up the coolness... when I ran this idea passed Cousin Silas, he offered me some previously unreleased tracks to include within the mix... which is beyond-belief awesome.

So what you'll hear (and hopefully keep returning to) is a continuous mix of unreleased tracks and my fave soundscapes.

I really hope you like it. Please download it and tell your friends. The more people who know about Cousin Silas the better, in my book.

Tx

1. Warlock Hill (original version) *
2. Engines Of Solitude *
3. Abandoned Paddy Fields from Ballard Landscapes
4. newscape5 from the snow imposed silence
5. The Forest of Evil Cacti from Abominations of Yondo
6. Moss from The Resting Bench Remix Project - Volume 1
7. Burning Wreckage by Ballard Landscapes 2
8. Olympus Mons from Portraits and Peelings
9. Arriving Home from Canaveral Dreams
10. M. R. James (The Ghost Of) *
11. Three chimneys with ladder from Uncertainty
12. Fresh Landscapes from Fresh Landscapes
13. Humber Sea Fort from Geographics
14. Golden Contrails from Fresh Landscapes
15. Lizard Point from The Melting Static
16. Soggy Toast from Relic Once Lost
17. Sunrise Behind Strange Hills *
18. Strathclyde Park Loch from Uncertainty
19. Crane at Train Station from Canaveral Dreams
20. Nightside *
21. Cara Paints no3 *
22. Room 50 Hotel Ereso from 50:50 An Earth Monkey Productions Compilation

* Exclusive Track
All tracks by Cousin Silas except "The Forest of Evil Cacti" by Abominations of Yondo


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alight here vol 0004

Click here to download alight here #0004 ( approx 136mb and 59mins )

I hope folks don't think I'm doing a Cook's Source thing here... but my mixcasts are not about me but the fantastic artists on them. I'm just trying to do my bit to bring attention to the wonderful tuneage out there on bandcamp. These musicians need to be heard... its as simple as that... and, as independent artists, they need our support... so please after you've listened to the latest volume of alight here, check out the links below.

• Hand In Hand Into The Ocean Blue by Good Weather For An Airstrike from the album "Signals"
• Everything Will Change by Over the Ocean from the album "Paper House"
• Mayday by Leaflog from the album "Mayday"
• Renaissance by Ancient Mariner from the album "Darkness and Light"
• Build Your Kingdom by Over the Oceanfrom the album "Paper House"
• Falling Down by The Lanterne Rouge from the album "The Last Place"
• Shadows (Ambient) by The American Dollar from the album "Ambient Two"
• I Blame The Weather! by The Northern Hemisphere from the album "Everest"
• We Fall Back Into The Ocean by Good Weather For An Airstrike from the album "Signals"
• What Remains of Our Chalk Road by Circadian Eyes from the "Rain EP"
• (Fin d'Hiver) Beautifully, It Was Cold by M E M Ó R from the compilation "Hawk Moon Records: Volume I"
• As We Drove... by ...And The Earth Swarmed With Them from the album "The Fading Voice Of The Old Era Speaks To Us, But Where Are The Ears Left To Hear It?"

Enjoy... and please support the artists featured.

Tx

alight here #0003

There is so much genuinely great music on bandcamp and various Netlabels right now... and the latest volume of alight here is only scratching the surface.

This one is more a downtempo affair... focussing on wonderful post-rock and ambient soundscapes to create a cohesive soundtrack to now.

As before, its all about supporting and promoting the best in truly independent music... and I think I have found some keepers here.  If you agree, do your bit... follow the links and support the artists by downloading their music and, where appropriate, giving a few quid to keep them making awesome music.

Thanks to the artists featured... you light up my life and, I hope, the lives of the nanolog community.

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Tx

• The Clouds Marched by Circadian Eyes from the Rain EP
• Father Xavier by Tundra Vole from the album Epictorials
• gateway 2 by Seabright from the album Shimmer
• You Look Like A Religious Man by Inachus from the album Inachus
• The Distant Beacon by Arboretus from the compilation Hawk Moon Records: Volume I
• Where The Wild Things Are (Murya Remix I) by Ruxpin from the album I Wonder if This is the Place
• Eyes Closed by Mind over MIDI from the Thru EP
• Qinah (Lament) by Russ Sargeant from the EP Beats in Rhythm
• Empty Coastline by Cousin Silas from the album Adrift off the Islets of Langerhans
• Fractal by The Echelon Effect from the album Mosaic
• The Force Below Lion Lullabies by Lowercase Noises from the album Seafront
• Burnt Out Car by Matt Stevens from the album Ghost
• The Slow Decay Had Already Begun by ...And The Earth Swarmed With Them from the EP The Fading Voice Of The Old Era Speaks To Us, But Where Are The Ears Left To Hear It?

alight here #0001

Its been a while in coming... but alight here #0001 is finally here. I've taken the conscious step of only featuring independent musicians from bandcamp, netlabels or directly from the individuals themselves.

Whilst my previous mixtapes gave me the opportunity to display talent in all its many guises... indie and corporate... this gives me the chance to really promote music that may get overlooked or doesn't have access to the kind of clout the labels have.

In doing this, I feel I am doing my bit to support their music... as well as exposing you to some truly wondrous and joyous music.

Please support the artists featured by clicking on the links below and downloading their material:

1. Ascension from "The Wind Lost Its Breath And The Sea Became As Smooth As Glass" by Shekinah
2. Flies in the basement from "Echo" by Matt Stevens
3. Good morning from "Arms Legs Feet" by JDH
4. The brightest skies from "Start loving the robots" by Dep
5. Entanglement theory from "Beats in Rhythm" by Russ Sargent
6. A passing from "Canaveral Dreams" by Cousin Silas
7. Seeing The Sun Through Their Eyes Part. 2 from "As We're Both Just Standing Still" by Good Weather for an Airstrike
8. Sawney Hill from "Canaveral Dreams" by Cousin Silas
9. Teo from "Movement" by Ambienteer
10. The National Anthem from "Radiohead's Kid A : Re-imagined" by Alex Schaaf
11. Epic Problem (Fugazi cover) from "Of All The Things We've Made EP" by JDH
12. Memory Drain from "You Don't Exist" by Ghost Bike
13. What makes us so uncommon from "Mosaic" by The Echelon Effect
14. How deep the father's love from "Marshall" by Lowercase Noises

Enjoy... and thanks again to the awesome musicians who appear here and have made my live richer through their music.

Tx