tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012486.post116725575463542317..comments2023-11-03T08:43:08.633-07:00Comments on ccMixter Blog: Best of 2006?Gurdonarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14808311825546186934noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012486.post-1167341859620801862006-12-28T13:37:00.000-08:002006-12-28T13:37:00.000-08:00Great idea. I've posted my favorites of the moment...Great idea. I've posted my favorites of the moment at: http://icommons.org/2006/12/22/having-fun-with-cc-playlists/<BR/><BR/>Enjoy ze musica!BjornWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615920524503955859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012486.post-1167304003463928792006-12-28T03:06:00.000-08:002006-12-28T03:06:00.000-08:00Thank you for pointing this list out. I am pleased...Thank you for pointing this list out. I am pleased to see that Lezrod's "Data Transfer" made this top 10 list, as that album contains a song on which he and I collaborated, "Final Dub".<BR/><BR/>I don't have a "top" list, but here is a list of five good 2006 free netreleases I have really enjoyed:<BR/><BR/>Psonikadia, "state of bliss", on Earland:<BR/>http://www.archive.org/details/EarLand08<BR/><BR/>Psonikadia uses the tools of IDM to make a kind of ambient downtempo minimal techno-beat which is melodic and satisfying.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Caul, "Apophasis", on Darkwinter<BR/>http://www.darkwinter.com<BR/><BR/>"Aphophasis" uses a dark ambient soundscape to tell a sonic story which is remarkably thoughtful and uplifting, even without lyrics.<BR/><BR/>Verian Thomas, "Miniatures", on Negative Sound Institute (bias: I am one of the persons who runs this netlabel)<BR/>http://www.negativesoundinstitute.com<BR/><BR/>"Miniatures" is a lovely bit of guitar ambience--constructed melodic short pieces on a single, rather bandaged, telecaster.<BR/><BR/>Phoebus: "Bright Lights", on zikweb.org<BR/>http://www.zikweb.org/article.php?sid=285<BR/>Phoebus straddles the borders of ambience and more direct traditional melody, and on this album puts together some memorable <BR/>songs that those not enamoured of ambient may yet love. I love ambience, of course, so for me it's a bonus round.<BR/><BR/>Jfox, "Experimental Compositions 3", on intelligentmachinery.net<BR/>http://www.intelligentmachinery.net/releases/ecv3.php<BR/><BR/>This quiet, minimalist ambient piece is the perfect accompaniment to a morning hike.Gurdonarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808311825546186934noreply@blogger.com