Man, we love strawberries.
Today we dip into a pretty cool hip-hop scene in Mexico City. We have posted music by LFA and Billano and Luis René in the past and decided to visit Billano's Soundcloud page and stream some tunes.
Billano is a dj who loves the solo format, as well as performing with a band. He is from southern Mexico City.
Today's track is from a release called Poetics of Sunset that was put together with LFA in the producer's chair.
This track stood out and here it is.
Billano - Ninas Fresas
A nice hat tip to Starfrosch for today's post. I love this tune from Space Adept. In fact, I like it more and more as I listen to it.
You can find it at their soundcloud page. I'm loving the sound.
Here is their brief description from their Spacebook page...er, I mean Facebook page:
Unique sounds, big melodies and driving beats: Space Adept travels with you through the depths of electronic dance music
It is epic dance.
Space Adept - Would You Like To Bounce, Señorita
Chilean netlabel, Modismo released a V/A collection on Sunday called Girls Alive. There are 9 tracks on it from international artists that happen to be women. This is Electronic music that you will want to check out.
We are featuring a piece by Chilean artist, Alisú.
Alisu is Jessica Campos de la Paz, from Viña del Mar, Chile. She is a graphic designer and musician who has been active since at least 2000.
She has some material posted on Soundcloud. There are also a few releases on various netlabels featuring her music. She is also the owner of Modismo.
She describes her music in a note on Soundcloud:
Her compositions are warm and ambient, very delicate and feminine, always with contagious rhythms, subtle melodies and her processed voice plus robotic sounds.
Follow the link to Soundcloud and explore her sound.
Alisú - Las aventuras del Sr. Tomita
Lucky Criminal is the nom de plume of William Arthur Clark who is from Michigan. The track appeared on netBloc Vol. 46: #returnofthenetbloc.
The netBloc series is a product of blocSonic. Each edition features a wide range of artists and styles. Cool.
Lucky Criminal pieces appear on Bandcamp and Soundcloud. His latest work has a metalish sound and he bills it as alternative metal.
The Indifference is a lovely piece of song writing in the electropop tradition. Fantastic find. Love it.
Lucky Criminal - The Indifference
Dr. Almeja is from Madrid. This track is from a collection curated by Amalgamated Futureless Artists.
Great bit of mixing, selective appropriation and action. This is great.
The theme of the AFA release was "mexican rancheras" music.
There are some wonderfully playful tracks to enjoy. The name of the release is Roncheras.
The full release was uploaded to the Free Music Archive on March 3. However, its been around for a couple of years. It'll be around for a bunch more to be sure.
Dr. Almeja - Ek Chuac
We have been spending some time exploring the Creative Commons community on Soundcloud. One of the big changes since the beginning of Black Sweater, White Cat has been the growth of Soundcloud from it's early, somewhat awkward user interface to the varied and diverse music site it is today.
One thing that marks it is the lack of transparency in licensing. There are CC tags and CC groups and that is one way to find music in the commons.
Indeed, that is the way we found today's post. It was posted to a CC group by Todeskurve. He is from Germany and co-moderates a number of CC groups at Soundcloud.
Homework from this post is to check out Drunk Pedestrians. We are intrigued. Here is a little more from their website:
I remember waking up, naked and freezing, laying on this sort of tan-beige carpet in a hallway that Ishityounot reminded me of something out of a sci-fi TV show with ships vaguely resembling genitalia. It’s funny because that’s exactly where I was: a spaceship. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was fortunate to show up on a ship populated by my own kind. Showing up naked on some exo’s ship could’ve ended up kind of nasty. Still, I didn’t know that at the time, and I was more confused than even during the worst drinking blackout I’d experienced. No one would tell me what had happened and I was covered in some sort of weird goo.
There's more to the story.
Todeskurve - Drunk Pedestrians - Mean ( Feat Holly Heffelbower Relic) ( Tony Akano Loving Spouse Remix)
The future is now. Elènne has been making music since 2010. The 23 year-old artist and producer from Stuttgart has a huge presence on Soundcloud.
For this track he teamed up with the ethereal singer Mothica. The match was made in heaven. We are excited to share the results.
The track is described on the Nation United Music website:
The track is filled with different synth progressions and drops while allowing Mothica to deliver intoxicating lyrics/vocal work between a lover and a caller.
Get in on the ground floor.
Elènne - Between Us (Feat. Mothica)
We had occasion to visit Opsound.org and found a familiar name in the "Latest Artists" list. Manolo Camp has appeared on four BSWC program playlists in 2006 and 2007. You can find the playlists and audio files here, here, here and here. We are pretty sure that we originally found his work on Opsound.
All these years later he is still at work and has tracks on his own website, soundcloud and ccMixter. It was a pleasure to the see the name and hear the music. Obviously, we have some catching up to do.
Manolo Camp is Manuel Kempter and he is from Switzerland. He explains he approach to his art on Facebook:
the key words that describe manuel kempter, aka manolo camp, have always been cooperation and collaboration. manolo works with artists all around the world. this has given him a very open minded view on many different aspects of music and sound. through it all, manolo maintains his individuality, and does not worry about his work being "unpopular". these strong factors make manolo's contributions often disputed but always interesting.
Hoehenkoller carries the tags #soundtrack and #Swiss Alps over at Soundcloud. Enjoy a trip to the Alps.
Manolo Camp - Hoehenkoller
It's a great feeling when we can say, "awesome find." This is a track from an 2013 release called Wire and Flashing Lights from Jamendo.com. Actually, we found it on Soundcloud, but tracked the artist across to Jamendo.com and even found some of his stuff on archive.org. We love the hunt for #ccmusic.
Professor Kliq is from Chicago. He started making music the old fashioned way in 1996 with a Casio keyboard and a tape recorder. There is a bunch of really fine material posted at both Jamendo and Soundcloud. Some of it is absolutely jumping and some of it more cerebral and dreamy. This guy has a lot of talent.
Here is a little about the artist from Jamendo:
Raised in the west suburbs of Chicago, Professor Kliq (Mike Else) underwent a lengthy and profound evolution both musically and mentally. With a variety of names, (Sharp Harpsichord, Quaziteque, Kid Kranium, Professor K), he explored any kind of electronic music he developed an affinity for. With influences ranging from different trip-hop DJ's like Krush, Shadow and Cam to more experimental and noise-based artists like Aphex Twin and Squarepusher, he combines these modern elements with those he learned from music theory and his upbringing on jazz as well as 80's pop and electronic music.
Really, click and find some really great music.
Professor Kliq - Seventeen
A big shout out to our friends at Starfrosch.ch for this post. Love. It.
Fausto Mujica is a DJ, musician and an awesome producer. He is from Mexico City.
Wanderer is the title track for a collection of tunes he produced to mark his sister's wedding this past summer.
He has a huge jackpot of material posted at his Soundcloud site. Most of it is in the Commons.
As is often the case, we don't have much information beyond what you have read above.
Take a listen to the excellent body of work LFA has posted in the last few years.
Fausto Mujica (LFA) - Wanderer
Bulgarian netlabel, Dusted Wax Kingdom has just released the second in a two-part Extended Play collection by Russian artist Sgt. Penarlaster. The music captures that sort of retro downtempo triphop feel that is Dusted Wax Kingdom's calling card.
The track we are posting today does a really nice job blending and using found audio as a central element. We think you're going to like it.
Sergeant Penarlaster is Serge Khurs, a musician from Moscow. He reflects on his artistic approach on his Soundcloud page:
My music is a mix of retrospective sounds, beats and melodies that are born on the soil of my own feelings.
Part one of this series was released in January 2014. Our bet is that you will want to experience both of them.
Sgt. Penarlaster - Goodbye Gino
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
