Ricky Eat Acid - A Smoothie Robot For My Moon Mansion

In honor of Creative Common's 10th anniversary a few years ago the netlabel Bad Panda put together a playlist that we discovered on CC-Europe's Soundcloud page.  

Some really nice stuff on this list, but we were immediately attracted by "Robot" and "Moon Mansion".  BSWC has always had a thing for Space, Sex and Robots.

Great track by Ricky Eat Acid and while we type this their Soundcloud stream is playing on behind us.  Worth checking out.  There is a bunch of material at Bandcamp, as well.

He has a note about his motivation on multiple channels:

lately i've been really into music that sounds like it's reaching upwards to God and falling short, over & over

Always reaching, higher and higher. 

Ricky Eat Acid - A Smoothie Robot For My Moon Mansion

Sly Collins - Sweet Mother

Afro Pop Veteran Sly Collins appears on the Creative Commons Affiliates Mixtape that dropped this week.  I have to say that any artist that is featured in an article with this headline "Sly Collins And His Afro Music Preaches Peace & HIV Awareness" is welcome on this blog.

Collins has been performing for more than 30 years.  He is from Ghana, but spent considerable time in Nigeria.  Much of that time was spent working with Fela.  

This tune, Sweet Mother is from a release on Jamendo.com called Total Unity.  Here is a word or two on his musical philosophy:

"Our musicians don't want to learn. Every good musician must know how to play an instrument and that's what is reflected in my music career.  I feel good making natural music again, playing the accordion and other instruments." 

Loving the international feel of this mixtape.  Follow the link and explore.

Sly Collins - Sweet Mother

Mc Norman - Why

We love new traditions.  Creative Commons Affiliates has put out a mixtape of 25 different artists from around the world who are using the license to get their music out there to share. Released on netwaves records, this is a tremendously diverse grouping of musical talent and styles.

For our post today we offer this tune from South African-based Ugandan artist, Mc Norman.  His music is published on Jamendo.com and features a popish reggaeton sound.  This tune is very catchy and worth a listen.

As mentioned above, the mixtape provides an incredible window into the international Creative Commons music world.  The artists release their music on a wide-range of platforms, including Jamendo, Free Music Archive, Soundcloud, Archive.org and Bandcamp. There really is something for everyone on this release.  

From the release notes:

Across the world millions of creators are using Creative Commons licenses to promote and spread their creativity and to find a global audience. Many of these are music artists, performers and songwriters and for this year’s tape a whopping 25 countries have contributed, covering 4 continents of amazing music cultures and artistic talents of all audio trades. Dive in to discover what the world has to offer while at the same time appreciating sharing culture. Enjoy!

I expect that we will be revisiting in the next several days.  But don't wait for us, follow the link and get it yourself.  You'll be drilling down into the music before you know it.  

Mc Norman - Why