Posts Tagged ‘free culture’
[BadPanda006] Growsound – Wet Highway
This week Bad Panda is featuring something interesting for Dj Shadow-Unkle-RJD2-Squarepusher lovers. Hip-hop/drum ‘n’ bass influenced beats with acoustic guitars and mellow synths.
This is Growsound and Wet Highway is coming from his 2009 self-titled album, freely downloadable from the Collective Family.
Growsound – Wet Highway [mp3] [ogg]
The song is distributed under a Creative Commons License: CC-BY-NC-3.0
Home-made electronic music of 22 yr old John Lubushkin living in Santa Cruz, CA. Heavy on the break beats and acoustic guitars, embellished with synths and samples.
Where do you live actually?
Santa Cruz, California, but i made most of my music back when i lived in Mission Viejo, in Orange County, California. Only just recently beginning to do new work since the move
What is the last thing you ate?
Kung-Pao chicken from King Chwan!
Your addiction?
Being an addict
One quote?
“If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.” Ludwig Wittgenstein
One movie?
One song?
The Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes
Favourite club?
Low End Theory (hip-hop, idm, dubstep) in Los Angeles, California
Best concert ever?
Xbxrx with Matt & Kim, plus surprise guests Japanther and This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, at Che Cafe, San Diego, California.
Favourite place on earth?
Favorite place i’ve been to so far is Santa Cruz, California.
Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?
My bedroom.
Discography:
Growsound (Cllct, 2009) [dl]
Growsound 2 (Cllct, 2010) [dl]
[BadPanda005] Barzin – It’s Come To This
It is with great pleasure that we announce the collaboration with a Canadian songwriter we love.
Barzin has been compared to such artists as Sparklehorse, Low, Red House Painters and Bill Callahan and his last effort, “Notes to an Absent Lover”, out on Monotreme Records, was acclaimed by Mojo, Uncut, and Q and ended up in many lists for the best albums of 2009 (for example, ObscureSound).
“It’s Come To This” is a beautiful previously unreleased song and Barzin kindly decided to make it available to all, via Bad Panda Records.
Barzin – It’s Come To This [mp3] [ogg]
The song is distributed under a Creative Commons License: CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0
Slow and melancholic, introspective and confessional: these words in some ways describe the sound of Barzin.
A project that began sometime in 1995, Barzin was a solo endeavor at its inception. Somewhere along the way, however, Barzin shed its solitary skin and introduced a wide array of characters into its sound. From amongst a rotating cast of musicians, who occasionally made appearances on recordings and at performances, three individuals slowly became a fixture of this project. The three characters in question are Mike Findlay, Suzanne Hancock, and Tony Dekker (from Great Lake Swimmers). With the addition of these musicians the sound of the music has continued to remain true to the esthetics of quietness and minimalism. It still concerns itself with exploring the quiet side of pop.
On 2003, Barzin released its self-titled debut album through the Montreal based label, Where Are My Records. The following year an E.P. titled Songs for Hinah, was released through the French based label, Hinah. And in 2006, the second full-length album titled My Life in Rooms was released in Canada through Weewerk Records and in Europe and U.S. through Monotreme Records.
On his new and latest album, “Notes to an Absent Lover” (on Monotreme Records), recorded by Don Kerr (Ron Sexsmith) and Jeremy Darby (Pink Floyd, Lou Reed), and mixed by Chad Irschick and Darryl Neudorf (Neko Case, The New Pornographers), Barzin leaves behind the sonic experimentation that played such a central role in “My life in Rooms.” He brings together a new cast of musicians (Nick Zubeck, Marshal Bureau, Darren Wall, Robbie Grunwald) for this album.
The album balances the introspection of his earlier work with up-tempo orchestral arrangements that provide a richly melodic heartbeat to these glowing confessionals. Personal but never indulgent, the raw honesty of the lyrics details universal themes of sorrow, regret and anger, evoking all the vulnerability and shifting emotions confronted in the wake of a shattered relationship.
http://www.myspace.com/barzinh
Where do you live actually?
Toronto
What is the last thing you ate?
Whiskey on rocks
Your addiction?
Wine, poetry and music
One quote?
“We live as we dream–alone.” Joseph Conrad
One movie?
One song?
“Benny and the Jet” by Elton John
Favourite venue?
Best concert ever?
Veda Hille at the Albion Club in Guelph (A tiny city outside of Toronto)
Favourite place on earth?
Paris or Barcelona
Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?
Palma de Mallorca.
Discography:
Barzin (Where Are My Records, 2003)
Songs For Hinah EP (Hinah, 2004)
Just More Drugs EP (Monotreme, 2006)
My Life In Rooms (Monotreme, 2006)
Notes To An Absent Lover (Monotreme, 2009)
“It’s Come to This” Lyrics:
[BadPanda004] American Green – She Goes To France…
Imagine Joe Hisaishi’s piano combined with Sigur Rós’s crescendo and the images by Hayao Miyazaki running in the background. This is “She Goes To France…” by japanese solo project American Green, in exclusive for Bad Panda.
American Green – She Goes to France… [mp3] [ogg]
The song is distributed under a Creative Commons License: CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0
American Green is the indietronica/post-rock project of japanese musician Takafumi Shirai. All his music is written and recorded in School Notebook Studio – his own bedroom.
I am Takafumi Shirai at “AMERICAN GREEN”.
I was born in Fukuoka Japan on March 1985.
AMERICAN GREEN is one of my favorite colors.
This is my solo project.
I started composing music with DAW from 2007.
I played as a drummer in a band before that.
I am a bedroom musician.
I don’t smoke and drink.
I love coke, coffee, orange juice, and frisk spearmint.
http://www.myspace.com/americangreenjp
http://schoolnotebookstudio.weebly.com/
Where do you live actually?
Fukuoka, Japan.
What is the last thing you ate?
Japanese Food. However, I don’t know the food’s name.
Your addiction?
Coke, Frisk And Coffee.
One quote?
One movie?
Japanese movie Megane (Naoko Ogigami)
One song?
Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) by the The Jealous Sea
Favourite venue?
Kieth Flack (Oyafuko, Fukuoka, Japan)
Best concert ever?
Wood/Water Music 2 with I Am Robot And Proud (and Paraele Stripes, ampfolk, Autumnleaf and DJ BOSS) at Hair Design Gran in Fukuoka
Favourite place on earth?
My bed room. And my car.
Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?
In my bed. Better if warm.
Discography:
Beautiful Rain, Beautiful Tears EP (LostChildren/Razor Label, 2008) [dl]
Roof To Roof EP (LostChildren, 2009) [dl]
[BadPanda003] Louis Aguilar – Six Feet Under
Louis Aguilar: 19 years old french guy, playing a calm and relaxing minimalistic folk, already supported artists like Moriarty, Micah P. Hinson and Devendra Banhart. Six Feet Under, from Old Man Poems (Noize Maker Records, 2009) is an almost 8 minute long song that will get stuck in your head for a very long time.
Louis Aguilar – Six Feet Under [mp3] [ogg]
artwork by Agripine
The song is distributed under a Creative Commons License: CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0
Louis Aguilar is a young musician from France. Born in 1990, he started playing music when he was just 7 and released his first self produced album at the age of 16.
He already toured all around France, supporting artists as Moriarty, O’Folk Brothers, Micah P Hinson, Devendra Banhart and he’s currently majoring in Art at the Missouri Valley College in order to become a tattoo artist.
Likened to Townes Van Zandt and Bob Dylan by the french music webzine La Blogotheque, Louis Aguilar is really careful about his artistic independence and agreed to work with french labels as Ohayo Records and Noize Maker Records.
His last album “Old Man Poems” was released by Noize Maker Records in august 2009.
http://www.myspace.com/louisaguilar
http://homelessheroes.tumblr.com/
http://twitter.com/louisaguilar
[facebook]
Where do you live actually?
Marshall, Missouri
What is the last thing you ate?
A vegan cookie
Your addiction?
Tattoos
One quote?
“Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live” (Charles Bukowski)
One movie?
Down By Law (Jim Jarmush)
One song?
On my Way by Ben kweller
Favourite venue?
Le grand mix in Tourcoing, France
Best concert ever?
Bon Iver @ Le Grand mix , November 08
Favourite place on earth?
I haven’t seen enough of the earth yet
Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?
In my girlfriend’s bed.
Discography:
Hairy tales (Ohayo, 2007)
Green green is the live (Ohayo, 2008)
Cloud blowin’ child (Ohayo, 2008)
Old man poems (Noize maker records, 2009)
[BadPanda002] CJ Lavoire – The First Of The Year
CJ Lavoire from Italy will brighten your monday morning. The song ‘First of The Year’ is featured on his self-released album, Jump, from 2007, and he decided to let you download and share it for free. GO!
CJ Lavoire – The First Of The Year [mp3] [ogg]
Update: New EP (with the free track Fruit Of Love)
The song is distributed under a Creative Commons License: CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0
Inspired and influenced by musicians like Jean-Michel Jarre, Air, Sigur Ros, Kraftwerk and Ennio Morricone, Cj (or Composer Jockey) Lavoire is the last project by Italian Valerio Franchi.
As a child, Valerio had a classical education at the Saint Cecilia Conservatory, studying clarinet and obtaining a solfège degree and then developed a strong interest for choral music (Josquin Desprez) under the guide of maestro Claudio Dall’Albero.
During his studies at the conservatory, Valerio started for fun to compose popular music with surreal-grotesque lyrics à la Frank Zappa and Elio e le storie tese, winning a competition launched by a show on Italian Radio2.
Then, hypnotized by Jarre’s Oxygene IV Penguins, he went deep into electronic music experimenting a peculiar kind of music and playing around the colour of sounds and its shade.
Incredibly prolific and making music under many different aliases, his production seem to shift each album, from very minimal tonal processing to ambient soundtrack and more loop-based instrumental stuff.
He has also written original works for theatre and several short films. He is currently preparing his live set and planning to tour again Italy on spring.
[soundcloud]
[bandcamp]
[myspace1]
[myspace2]
1] Where do you live actually?
Rome
2] What is the last thing you ate?
Potatoes and Sauerkraut
3] Your drug/addiction?
Cigarettes, weather forecasting and nail biting
4] One quote?
“Anything played wrong twice in a row is the beginning of an arrangement.” Frank Zappa
5] One movie?
Kill Bill by Quentin T.
6] One song?
Two: Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead and Peaches en Regalia by Frank Zappa.
7] Favourite venue/club?
Panorama Bar/Berghain in Berlin
8] Best gig ever?
Daft Punk @ Pukkelpop festival, 2006
9] Favourite place on earth?
The Kebab shop close to the Tierpark u-bahn station in Berlin
10] Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?
In my dream.
Discography (as Valerio Franchi):
Storie del Mio Io (Self Released, 2001)
Frammenti di Vita Vissuta (Self Released, 2002)
Solo et Pensoso (Self Released, 2003)
Sono io il Fantasista (Self Released, 2004)
Era l’altro Ieri (Self Released, 2006)
Campi di Grano (Self Released, 2007)
As CJ Lavoire:
Level 0 (Self Released, 2004)
Level 1 (Self Released, 2004)
Level 2 (Self Released, 2005)
Level 3 (Self Released, 2005)
Levelend (Self Released, 2005)
Lived (Self Released, 2006)
Guardando il Cielo ost (Self Released, 2006)
Jump (Self Released, 2007)
Berlin (Self Released, 2008)
Armonia ost (Self Released, 2009)
Neues Jahr (Self Released, 2009)
[BadPanda001] Andy & Muzz – Hands to the Ground
So Here We Are!
Our first release is by english Andy & Muzz, placed in the Air France (Pitchfork) guest list for the best songs of 2008. This is what Bad Panda sounds like.
Andy & Muzz – Hands To The Ground [mp3] [ogg]
The song is distributed under a Creative Commons License: CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0
“Andy and Muzz” are a musical duo based in London.
They met in 2005.
Inspired by watching sunrises over Regents Park, they started making music around 2006.
After a whole year they managed to make a grand total of 3 songs (Lights when I close my eyes, Wooden Blocks and Hands to the Ground), gaining much critical praise. “Like eating chocolate orange through your ears” was just one of the things people were saying about them.
Unable to cope with the pressures of making a song once every blue moon and constantly not touring, in late 2007, Andy fled to Argentina to turn his hand to the Steel-Making trade. Muzz remained in London, to wander aimlessly along the banks of the River Thames, acquainting himself with the murky water and the murky characters that populated London at the time.
After a year, exhausted from hammering steel 12 hours a day for 1 solitary peso a week, Andy returned to London and “Andy and Muzz” reformed. Now more prolific then ever (2 songs every blue moon) Andy and Muzz are currently working on their debut LP.
http://www.myspace.com/andymuzz
And now for something completely different, 10 very superficial questions to Andy & Muzz :
1] Where do you live actually?
The Great Barrier Reef
2] What is the last thing you ate?
A sea anemone cocktail followed by oyster liqueurs
3] Your drug/addiction?
Sea weed
4] One quote?
“The X factor is sooo lush”
5] One movie?
Police Academy 17
6] One song?
The theme tune to “The Poddington Peas”
7] Favourite venue/club?
Koko
8] Best gig ever?
Chico at the AberG fest
9] Favourite place on earth?
Playa de las Americas
10] Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?
On a dinghy in the mediterranean
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