Wolves in the Throne Room!

http://www.mediafire.com/?lmwkqyg2j1w


Extra tracks. Get the vinyl though, it's hot fire.

Вогулoв, Таруц, Bepmo

Wogulow, Taroutz, Vermo - Eternal Number of Repeats
Вогулoв, Таруц, Bepmo - Бecкoheчectbo Лoвtopehий

I found this album in the Best of the Year So Far thread on the Coma, and I would have to agree that this is one of my favorite records so far. At parts it is ridiculously heavy, but between these tracks are truly beautiful parts, and everything feels like it belongs. The album is just 31 minutes long, and it doesn't feel too long or too short at all. Despite the name, it is just one person making this music. The problem is, I can barely find information on him because he seems like somewhat of a recluse, and everything else is in Russian. However, this ain't hip-hop, so let the music speak for him.


http://www.inmypreviouslifeiwasyou.com/wtv.html
click the pic, yo

Cheval de Frise

Cheval de Frise were a French math rock duo with Vincent Beysselance on drums and Thomas Bonvalet on acoustic guitar. That's right, this band is not about using effects and looping stuff (Sorry Tera Melos and Battles, I love you both), it is about polyrhythms and dissonance. The record is just 39 minutes, with most of the songs under 3 minutes, but every track is polished and it doesn't feel like parts are repeated unnecessarily. The nylon strings give the songs an almost flamenco like feel, and it's noisy at parts, but the duo knows when to stop the free parts and lock in again. They do this with astounding speed, stopping on a dime and creating very interesting rhythms. As Cicatrizatron said, "really dope, even though its french"

hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?mfttjjujh1y

Steve Reich

Steve Reich is probably best known for Music For 18 Musicians, the piece that established him as a genius and a true innovator in minimalism. His Early Works (haha get it) are much more stripped down, often relying on tape loops going out of sync with each other, a process he called "phasing". He developed this idea after It's Gonna Rain and Come Out, and instead of having tape loops be the instruments, he wrote for pianos (Piano Phase) and for hands (Clapping Music). While it may not seem like a lot is going on here, it was groundbreaking, and kind of meditative.

hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?oecogwlg5bn

The Gaslamp Killer part deux

So in the past few days I've listened to a lot of GLK, and someone wanted a good rip of I Spit On Your Grave, so here we are. It's more of what you heard on The Gaslamp Killers, but I can't tell which one I like more. Either way, this guy is legit. There's a version of this album floating around with an hour long track, but it's really in three tracks. This is a rip of the CD, which I got in the mail, so trust me on this one.

hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=3E3LJWPX

The Gaslamp Killer

I'm kind of taking the short route with today's selection. The Gaslamp Kilelrs Mix is available for free off of The Gaslamp Killer's myspace, but the tracks are all weird and there's random album art, so I organized everything and it should work without any hassle. The tracks are named 1-46, so it's all just short snips that change constantly, but if you want gritty instrumental hip-hop with tons of jazz and funk samples, this guy is a master. Listen to 26, and you'll see how he brings together sick drum beats and that beautiful piano melody to create something completely unique but still familiar. I believe this was all created with turntables and old records, which seems incredible cuz this dude just keeps bringing in samples seamlessly, and it sounds liek way more than two turntables, but maybe it's more, I don't know. Anyway, sick shit.
I ordered his full length I Spit On Your Grave, I already had it, it's well worth checking out too.


http://www.mediafire.com/?ekvctlr74w0

Kim Hiorthøy

This is supposed to be a compilation of Kim Hiorthøy's previous work, but he either renamed the tracks or the guy who made the info page on rateyourmusic did it wrong. Anyway, this album represents both the best and the worst of experimental electronica. Door Opens Both Ways is definitely one of my favorite tracks, and Evil House, Evil Day is a stand out, clocking in at almost 11 minutes without dragging. Then there's Ting Some Virker, in which what sounds like a phone message in Norwegian is played over some minimalistic chords. Two and a half minutes, but it sounds like 4.
Kim experiments both with tones and sounds, and is successful in both, I think. On Sunday would be just a generic track if not for the slightly off key trumpet(?) that appears, playing a melody that is both sad and weird. As for experimentation with sound, Kim uses tons of found sounds, apart from the messages, which set the mood. An obivous place is near the beginning of Doktor Watson-Trikset.

He is also a graphic designer, designing artwork for Rune Grammofon, home of Supersilent, a band I'll try to get on here.

hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?cdrpo48mp33