Collection of algal tunes - free and flac

[Zombie Queen]

I assembled a set of mushy, algal tunes. Some of these have been posted in the cafe before. It's available as a stream or free download from my site. I don't sing on this record, I just hum a little.

Links:
stream it now
details and downloads

more links:
http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/54082
http://www.myspace.com/greensaucery

Comments and bumpments are welcomed.

[Zombie Queen]

Spamp! With direct links.


01 Meatball Wizard
02 All Along a Peephole
03 Are You Gruesome Tonight?
04 Banging on a Balloon
05 Chewagumma
06 Knocking at the Shaven Door
07 Pledge over Troubled Waiter
08 I'm So Lightsome I Could Fly
09 Oops, I Didn't Do It Again
10 Great Falls of Wire
11 One Bite Mamba
12 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking At
13 In the Wood
14 The Lady Is a Trumpet
15 In the Court of the Burger King

[mellotronaut]

molto grazie zombolonius ... just downloading ... listening later oh dear alginum

[stanlea]

I downloaded the whole package and enjoyed most of these track, especially the second part. Beautiful trumpets lines, flute, innovative percussion, I like.

[core]

Nice work ZQ, some lovely tracks!

[PurpleCatfishBettie]

I started by listening to All Along a Peephole. It's definitely got its own sound. Is there a Bela Bartok influence?

Is part of the percussion a typewriter VSTI?

The singing reminds me of my own approach to the same.

[Zombie Queen]

Thanks for listening and comments everyone.

@mrblitz000
Bartok influence must be second hand, as I never really listened to any of his works.
Samples of household objects are all over this records, there's no typewriter though, might be a stapler or a bowl.

Out of curiosity I signed up to Jamendo, anyone has any experience with this? Thus far it looks like a bunch of desperate bedroom producers (I should fit in easily ), but we'll see how it turns out.

[Hitch]

Out of curiosity I signed up to Jamendo, anyone has any experience with this? Thus far it looks like a bunch of desperate bedroom producers (I should fit in easily ), but we'll see how it turns out.

There are some good albums to be found at Jamendo, but it's like looking for a small needle in a very large haystack. If only there were somewhere where music fans could go to find good free albums...

[Zombie Queen]

If only there were somewhere music fans

I see emerging trend here, which may give birth to a new job, a professional listener, you know someone you could pay to listen to your stuff. It would be natural supplement to all those cheap DAWs and plugs, of course those making heavy to listen 'experimental' tracks would have to pay extra rates. Anyone who will figure it out first and start a service site will be a winner... Wait last.fm already does that.

[Hitch]

If only there were somewhere music fans

I see emerging trend here, which may give birth to a new job, a professional listener, you know someone you could pay to listen to your stuff. It would be natural supplement to all those cheap DAWs and plugs, of course those making heavy to listen 'experimental' tracks would have to pay extra rates. Anyone who will figure it out first and start a service site will be a winner... Wait last.fm already does that.

I've tidied the grammar.

Rest assured, my listening and writing are distinctly amateurish (but Creative Commons licensed). Listening to free music is payment enough, although I'm tempted to make an exception for drone albums.

[PurpleCatfishBettie]

I've downloaded the entire collection. Once they been listened to here, I'll give you a commentary. Thanks

[Laguna Rising]

Cool stuff ! I just listened something here and there...
I'll be back

Thanks for sharing !

Cheers

[PurpleCatfishBettie]

These are good sounding recordings from a tonal/mixdown standpoint.

The entire collection seems 'ambient' overall. As for 'ambient,' these pieces seem a lot more reflective or curious than anything from say, Windham Hill.

Chewagumma and One Bite Mamba both seem to have a sort of Asian motif. It's not an exact comparison, but both pieces are similar to these ears.

I really liked Meatball Wizard, Troubled Waiter, and 'so Lightsome I could Fly.'

In the Wood sounded like a smoky beatnik club. The Lady is a Trumpet continued with this, but went off in an at least slightly different direction.

Overall, I hear a lot of the likes of Kabalevsky, Bartok, Ives; 'tone poem' or 'atonal' weaving in and out of the collection. Having said that, this is by the same token; definitely some very original work.

It does 'sound' like 'Algae' at times. It also sounds very primordial or antediluvian. Then it sounds kind of Japanese or Eastern European, or like the aforementioned smoky beatnik club; very much of it with that interweaving of the atonal in and out of it.

The arrangements are very well thought out.

Kudos on this!

[Laguna Rising]

had another listen
it sound like high times music, and I like the fact that every single track builds up an eccentric/weird atmosphere of its own
Excellent work

Cheers

[Zombie Queen]

Thanks for comments!
MrBlitz, it's a hell of a review, thank you very much. I had to seek to dictionary and wikipedia to grasp all references, so it was also learned something new.