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I have to give credit to fomatic for inspiring my new group Beautiful easy listening IDM. This is for all you fans of IDM that are turned off by heavy glitch, and for you fans of ambient that get bored of the drone. There's a happy middle ground in there somewhere which I hope this group will embody.

Here's the list of connected artists:
Cheju
Populous
Bitcrush
Oveloe
Madstyle
Stud
Audioboy
abyssal plains
Plush Concept
Re'sequence
Skytree
Milieu
paranerd
Sinq
Tiki Obmar
Dave Zeal
Hydrus
Flutterspot
Maps And Diagrams
Planet Boelex
DoF
Kim Hiorthøy
Kiln
Cepia
24ourange
Beak
TVset under repair
Sleepy Town Manufacture
upStructure
I Am Robot and Proud
Pilote
Carbon Based Lifeforms
Metricks
Northcape
Amon Tobin
Kettel
Shen
Autechre
Christian Kleine
Tycho
Novel 23
Deru
Xanadus
Phonosynthese
Dosh
Neafas
Esem
Mosaik
Blit
Boards of Canada
ISAN
Transient
Iapga
Pix
Mark.Nine
Hills West
Muhr
Ulrich Schnauss
Rumpistol
Phasen
fomatic

Rune Grammofon doet al jaren pretlichtjes van herkenning in onze ogen branden. Als een van de weinige Noorse labels waar we ons aan willen hechten, komt elke nieuwe release treiterend onze richting uit. Flirtend en betoverend, maar nooit veroverend. Maar ditmaal konden we niet aan de kleurrijke pracht van de hoes weerstaan, van de hand van designer Kim Hiorthoy. Nog meer dan Rune Grammofon heeft hij al een plaats in ons hart. Hoewel we zo'n bont kleurenspel niet gewoon zijn van hem, krijgt hij van ons steeds carte blanche, benieuwd naar welke wereld hij grijpt. Afgaande op de hoes kunnen we enigszins voorspellen welke richting Elephant9 uit zal gaan op hun debuut 'Dodovoodoo' nog voor we een noot gehoord hebben.

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Aphex Twin
Venetian Snares
Prefuse 73
Mu-Ziq
Freeform
Matmos
ISAN
Autechre
Japanese Telecom
Amon Tobin
Plaid
Manitoba
Luke Vibert
MUM
Clue to Kalo
Boom Bip
Kim Hiorthoy
Pole
Mira Calix

1. Ólafur Arnalds - Eulogy for Evolution

Genre: Instrumental
Recommended Tracks: 0040, 1440, 3055, 3704/3837
http://myspace.com/olafurarnalds

2. Scraps of Tape - This is a Copy Is This a Copy

Genre: Post-Rock
Recommended Tracks: Death as It Should Be, Hands in Air, Vibrancy, Why Marcus Oh Why
http://myspace.com/scrapsoftape

3. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala

Genre: Indie Pop
Recommended Tracks: A Postcard to Nina, Your Arms Around Me, Shirin, Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo
http://www.rhapsody.com/jenslekman

4. Panda Bear - Person Pitch

Genre: Experimental
Recommended Tracks: Comfy in Nautica, Bros, Good Girls/Carrots
http://www.myspace.com/rippityrippity

5. pg.lost - Yes I Am (ep)

Genre: Post-Rock
Recommended Tracks: Yes I Am, Kardusen, The Kind Heart of Lanigon
http://myspace.com/pglost

6. World's End Girlfriend - Hurtbreak Wonderland

Genre: Post-Rock
Recommended Tracks: Birthday Resistance, 100 Years of Choke, Ghost of a Horse Under the Chandelier
"Dance for Borderline Miscanthus" MP3

7. of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

Genre: Indie Pop
Recommended Tracks: Cato as a Pun, Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse, The Past is a Grotesque Animal, Bunny Ain't No Kind of Rider
http://myspace.com/ofmontreal

8. Caribou - Andorra

Genre: Electronic
Recommended Tracks: Melody Days, After Hours, She's the One, Irene
http://myspace.com/cariboumanitoba

9. Radiohead - In Rainbows

Genre: Rock, Electronic, Brit pop
Recommended Tracks: Bodysnatchers, Reckoner, House of Cards, Jigsaw Falling Into Place
http://myspace.com/radiohead

10. Patrick Wolf -The Magic Position

Genre: Pop, Electronic
Recommended Tracks: Overture, The Magic Position, Magpie, Get Lost
http://www.myspace.com/officialpatrickwolf

11. Balmorhea - Balmorhea
Genre: Instrumental
Recommended Tracks: Dream of Thaw, In The Rowan, If You Only Knew the Rain
http://myspace.com/balmorhea

12. Caspian - The Four Trees
Genre: Post-Rock
Recommended Tracks: Moksha, Some Are White Light, Crawlspace, ASA
http://myspace.com/caspiantheband

13. Menomena - Friend and Foe
Genre: Indie Rock
Recommended Tracks: Muscle'n Flo,Wet and Rusting, My My
http://myspace.com/menomena

14. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Genre: Indie Pop, Folk
Recommended Tracks: Nantes, Cliquot, The Penalty
http://www.myspace.com/beruit

15. I Hear Sirens - I Hear Sirens (ep)
Genre: Post-Rock
Recommended Tracks: This Is the Last Time I'll Say Goodbye, September Isn't Too Far and I'm Not Sure I'll Return, Ashes Fall Like Snowflakes, Burning the Sea
http://www.myspace.com/ihearsirens

16. Eluvium - Copia
Genre: Instrumental, Ambient
Recommended Tracks: Amreik, Indoor Swimming at the Space Station, Radio Ballet
http://www.myspace.com/eluviumtaken

17. Los Campesinos! - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets (ep)
Genre: Indie Pop
Recommended Tracks: We Throw Parties You Throw Knives, It Started With a Mixx, You! Me! Dancing!
http://myspace.com/loscampesinos

18. Kim Hiorthøy - My Last Day
Genre: Electronic
Recommended Tracks: I Thought We Could Eat Friends, Album, Same Old Shit
"I Thought We Could Eat Friends" download

19. 65daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideas
Genre: Post-Rock
Recommended Tracks: When We Were Younger & Better, Don't Go Down to Sorrow, Music is Music as Devices are Kisses Is Everything, The Conspiracy of Seeds
http://www.myspace.com/65propaganda

20. Battles - Mirrored
Genre: Math Rock
Recommended Tracks: Atlas, Tonto, Tij
http://www.myspace.com/battlestheband

Honorable Mentions
The American Dollar - The Technicolour Sleep
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
The Apples in Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Beware of Safety - It Is Curtains (ep)
Blonde Redhead - 23
El Ten Eleven - Every Direction Is North
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Feist - The Reminder
Followed by Ghosts - The Entire City Was Silent
Giardini di Mirò - Dividing Opinions
God Is an Astronaut - Far From Refuge
Joy Wants Eternity - You Who Pretend to Sleep
Immanu El - They'll Come, They Come
Logh - North
M.I.A. - Kala
múm - Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
The Pirate Ship Quintet - The Pirate Ship Quintet (ep)
Sigur Rós - Hvarf-Heim
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
Tunng - Good Arrows
Tunturia - Maps

A+ do SS: /Superb

* Grails - Burning Off Impurities
* Little Dragon - Little Dragon
* Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
* Christian Fennesz-Ryuichi Sakamoto - Cendre
* Battles - Mirrored
* Caribou - Andorra
*Manu Katché - Playground
* Low - Drums & Guns
* Ulver- Shadows Of The Sun
* The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur
* Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline
* UNKLE - War Stories
* Gianluigi Trio Trovesi - Vaghissimo Ritratto
* The New Caledonia - Lotus
* Caspian - The Four Trees


B do A

* Hella - There's No 666 In Outer Space
* Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
* Tenniscoats - Tan-Tan Therapy
* Burial - Untrue
* Air - Pocket Symphony
* Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
* Eluvium - Copia
* Atreyu - Lead Sails Paper Anchor
* !!! - Myth Takes
* Do Make Say Think - You, You Are The History In Rust
* Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies
* Amon Tobin - Foley Room
* Efterklang - Parades
* Grinderman - s/t
* Rabih Abou-Khalil - Songs For Sad Women
* Boris + Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
* Blonde Redhead - 23
* Kinski - Down Below It's Chaos
* Marsen Jules - Golden
* Rest - Operation: Impending Doom
* Don't Mess with Texas - Los Dias De Junho
* Sugartown Cabaret - The First Time I Lost the road Map
* Pagans Mind - God's Equation
* Symphony X - Paradise Lost
* Susumu Yokota - Love or Die
* Alela Diane - The Pirate's Gospel
* Marsen Jules - Golden
* Apparat - Walls
* pg.lost - Yes I Am
* Stendeck - Faces
* Moya - Moya
* From Oceans to Autumn - Calmed By The Tide
* Hrsta - Ghosts Will Come and Kiss Our Eyes
* The National - Boxer
* 65daysofstatic - The Destruction Of Small Ideas
* The Nightwatchman - One Man Revolution
* Planet X - Quantum
* Motoro Faam - ...and Water Cycles
* Morcheeba - Dive Deep
* Eric Truffaz - Archangelsk
* Björk - Volta
* Between the Buried and Me - Colors
* Thomas Belhom - Cheval oblique
* Lights Out Asia - Tanks and Recognizers
* Caribou - The Milk Of Human Kindness
* Immanu El - They'll come, They'll come
* Taken By Trees - Open Field
* The RZA - Afro Samurai OST
* Junius - Forcing The Silence EP
* Takeshi Nishimoto - Monologue
* Andy McKee - The Gates of Gnomeria
* Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol.1
* Cue - Wedding Song
* Bossk - 2
* Erik Mongrain - Fates
* God Is an Astronaut - Far From Refuge
* World's End Girlfriend - Hurtbreak Wonderland




D+ till C+

* Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
* Symphony X - Paradise Lost
* Pelican - City Of Echoes
* Fu Manchu - We Must Obey
* Pain of Salvation - Scarsick
* Alamaailman Vasarat - Maahan
* Clutch - From Beale Street to Oblivion
* Flies are Spies from Hell - Mountain Language EP
* Starving Weirdos - Shrine of the post hypnotic
* Death Ambient - Drunken Forest
* Scraps of Tape - This Is A Copy Of A Copy
* Pillow - Explicit No Lyrics
* Kim Hiorthøy - My Last Day
* Marilyn Manson - Eat Me, Drink Me
* port-royal - Afraid to Dance
* Type O Negative - Dead Again

Have it but not listen thoroughly/ Too quick for judgement:

Riverside - Beyond The Eyelids
Hidria Spacefolk - Symetria
Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
Asa Irons & Swaan Miller - Asa Irons & Swaan Miller
Nadja - Radiance Of Shadows
Jesu - Pale Sketches
Tunturia - Maps
OM - Pilgrimage
Tujiko Noriko - Solo
God Is an Astronaut - Far From Refuge
Pozvakowski - Microton
RJD2 - Things Go Better Instrumentals
Followed by Ghosts - The Entire City Was Silent
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Mono - The Phoenix Tree
Neurosis - Given To The Rising
Sunn O))) -Oracle
Eyvind Kang - Athlantis
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Sir Richard Bishop - While My Guitar Violently Bleeds
The World on Higher Downs - Land Patterns
Colleen - Les ondes silencieuses
Crippled Black Phoenix - A Love Of Shared Disasters
Hard-Fi - Once Upon A Time In the West
kaman leung - Lacrimal
M83 - Digital Shades
Oxbow - The Narcotic Story
Beware of Safety - It Is Curtains
Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound
Feist - The Reminder
Tord Gustavsen Trio - Being There
Mice Parade - Mice Parade
Steve Vai -Sound Theories Vol1&2
The Antlers - In The Attic Of The Universe
The Receiving End of Sirens - The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi

Still waiting to be heard:
Marcus Miller - Free
Rok Golob - Story Of Laxeno
Moccasine - Love Strategem
Tomahawk - Anonymous
Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Sigur Ros - Hvarf/Helm
of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
DJ Food & DK - Now Listen Again!
Acid Mothers Temple - Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars
Acid Mothers Temple - Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo
Pat Metheny - Quartet
The Killers - Sawdust

70. The White Stripes – Icky Thump (XL); ***1/2
69. Nina Nastasia & Jim White – You Follow Me (Fat Cat); ***1/2
68. Yoko Ono – Yes, I'm a Witch (Astralwerks); ***1/2
67. Merzbow – Merzbear (Important); ***1/2
66. Burning Star Core – Blood Lightning 2007 (No Fun); ***1/2
65. Frog Eyes – Tears of the Valedictorian (Absolutely Kosher); ***1/2
64. Whitehouse – Racket (Susan Lawley); ***1/2
63. µ-Ziq – Duntisbourne Abbots Soulmate Devastation Technique (Planet Mu); ***1/2
62. MoHa! – Norwegianism (Rune Grammofon); ***1/2
61. Meat Puppets – Rise to Your Knees (Anodyne); ***1/2

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60. Fennesz & Sakamoto – Cendre (Touch); ***1/2
59. Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice – James and the Quiet (Ecstatic Peace!); ***1/2
58. Bill Callahan – Woke on a Whaleheart (Drag City); ***1/2
57. Kristin Hersh – Learn to Sing Like a Star (Yep Roc); ***1/2
56. Acid Mothers Temple and The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. – Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars (Important); ***1/2
55. Black Dice – Load Blown (Par Tracks); ***1/2
54. Julie Doiron – Woke Myself Up (Jagjaguwar); ***1/2
53. Jennifer Gentle – The Midnight Room (Sub Pop); ***1/2
52. Shellac – Excellent Italian Greyhound (Touch & Go); ***1/2
51. Kim Hiorthøy – My Last Day (Smalltown Supersound); ***1/2

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50. Charalambides – Likeness (Kranky); ***1/2
49. The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible (Sonovox); ***1/2
48. !!! – Myth Takes (Warp); ***1/2
47. Thurston Moore – Trees Outside the Academy (Ecstatic Peace!); ***1/2
46. Melt-Banana – Bambi's Dilemma (A-Zap); ****
45. Thee Majesty – Vitruvian Pan (Blossoming Noise); ****
44. Eluvium – Copia (Temporary Residence); ****
43. Damero – Happy in Grey (Bpitch Control); ****
42. Pharoahe Monch – Desire (Universal); ****
41. Robert Babicz – A Cheerful Temper (Systematic); ****

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40. Linda Thompson – Versatile Heart (Rounder); ****
39. The Threshold Houseboys Choir – Form Grows Rampant (Threshold House); ****
38. Hanne Hukkelberg – Rykestrasse 68 (Nettwerk); ****
37. Boris & Merzbow – Rock Dream (Southern Lord); ****
36. Mary Timony – The Shapes We Make (Kill Rock Stars); ****
35. Pumice – Pebbles (Soft Abuse); ****
34. Monster Magnet – 4-Way Diablo (Steamhammer); ****
33. Wu-Tang Clan – 8 Diagrams (Loud); ****
32. The Tuss – Rushup Edge (Rephlex); ****
31. Food – Molecular Gastronomy (Rune Grammofon); ****

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30. Stephan Bodzin – Liebe Ist... (Herzblut); ****
29. Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond (Play It Again Sam); ****
28. The Dead C – Future Artists (Ba Da Bing!); ****
27. Einstürzende Neubauten – Alles Weider Offen (Potomak); ****
26. The Fall – Reformation Post T.L.C. (Slogan); ****
25. Alog – Amateur (Rune Grammofon); ****
24. The Residents – The Voice of Midnight (Mute); ****
23. Grinderman – Grinderman (Anti); ****
22. Apparat – Walls (Shitkatapult Strike); ****
21. Von Südenfed – Tromatic Reflexxions (Domino); ****


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20. Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero (Interscope); ****
19. Burial – Untrue (Hyperdub); ****
18. Islaja – Ulual Yyy (Fonal); ****
17. The Smashing Pumpkins – Zeitgeist (Reprise); ****
16. Liars – Liars (Mute); ****
15. Björk – Volta (One Little Indian); ****
14. of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (Polyvinyal); ****
13. Sir Richard Bishop – Polytheistic Fragments (Drag City); ****
12. Radiohead – In Rainbows (XL); ****
11. Magik Markers – Boss (Ecstatic Peace!); ****

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10. Stars of the Lid – And Their Refinement of the Decline (Kranky); ****1/2
09. Throbbing Gristle – The Endless Not (Mute); ****1/2
08. Supersilent – 8 (Rune Grammofon); ****1/2
07. The Angels of Light – We Are Him (Young God); ****1/2
06. PJ Harvey – White Chalk (Island); ****1/2
05. M.I.A. – Kala (XL); *****
04. Shackleton & Appleblim – Soundboy Punishments (Skull Disco); *****
03. Psychic TV – Hell Is Invisible...Heaven Is Her/e (Sweet Nothing); *****
02. Nico – The Frozen Borderline: 1968-1970 (Rhino); *****
01. Blonde Redhead – 23 (4AD); *****

hello there again!

more fresh tunes of various styles:

october 2007 = 'ice cream is going to save the day.'

01. Part Timer - Somewhere That You Feel Safe
02. Epic45 - The Stars in Spring
03. Carrie - Summer Dream
04. The Octopus Project - Bees Bein' Strugglin'
05. Radiohead - 15 Step (Sientific.American Remix)
06. Muscles - Ice Cream
07. Daedelus - Bonjour
08. Buck 65 - Way Back When (k-os Remix)
09. Junk Science - Pop Rocks
10. Quasimoto - Hydrant Game (Jaylib Remix)
11. Flying Lotus - Massage Situation
12. Thom Yorke - The Eraser (XXXchange Remix)
13. Damiak - Step Behind the Yellow Line
14. Nancy Elizabeth - I'm Like the Paper
15. Efterklang - Mirador
16. Kim Hiorthøy - Beats Mistake
17. Burnt Friedman - Machine in the Ghost (f. Barbara Panther)
18. Róisín Murphy - Primitive
19. M.I.A. - Jimmy (DJ Eli Remix)
20. Caribou - Hummingbird

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favorite albums from october:

Radiohead - In Rainbows
Part Timer - Blue
The Octopus Project - Hello, Avalanche!
Damiak - Micalavera
Sientific.American - Mass.dstrctn.4
Muscles - Guns Babes Lemonade
Burnt Friedman - First Night
Epic45 - May Your Heart Be Your Map
Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
Róisín Murphy - Overpowered
Sixtoo - Jackals and Vipers in the Envy of Man
Henrik Schwarz - Live

please do what you can to support these lovely artists!

r.i.p. stylus magazine :-(

thanks for checking in! see you next month. yep yep.

We all make mix CDs. Many of you probably have about 1/3 of your CD collection from me. And your lives are all about 600% better 'cause you have them. And don't worry: I'm not going to stop. But I am going to begin producing something new, something revolutionary, that you can add to your arsenal of audio pleasure.

Ever heard of a podcast? Yes. Possibly some of you are familiar with the KEXP "Music that Matters" brand of podcast, generally an hour's worth of [usually] quality music.

Well, now I'm gonna start making my own, bitches.

Here's why:

+ I control everything. Different styles of fading, dialogue overlay, volume control. So you never have to turn it down because Cut Chemist is so much louder than LCD Soundsystem.
+ They're smaller. Weighing in at only about 1:10:00 max, and the way I compress, you'll get about 60MB, as opposed to 80. So, more room on yr ipods for the rest of your un-Nickinated crap.
+ They're more fun to make. I love rearranging songs as much as the next guy, but tweaking them with tidbits of talking, or just random shit? Too much fun. And you'll love it too.

Are you excited? I know I am. So here's volume one of "Music That Matters More". Download, listen, and enjoy.

http://www.[spam] Wildcat - Ratatat
2. North American Scum - LCD Soundsystem
3. Do it Again - Chemical Brothers feat. Ali Love
4. Wolf Child Tribulations (Patrick Wolf) - LCD Soundsystem
5. 15 Step - Radiohead
6. (My 1st) Big Break - Cut Chemist
7. Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd
8. Girl - Beck
9. Worried Blues - John Fahey
9-2 (Overlay). Murray Writes a Song - Flight of the Conchords
10. Leggy Blonde - Flight of the Conchords
11. Track 5 - Kim Hiorthoy
12. The Underdog - Spoon
13. Start Wearing Purple - Gogol Bordello
14. Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car - Iron & Wine
15. The Libertine - Patrick Wolf
16. The Audience is Listening - Cut Chemist

It's pretty random, though has a pretty groovy base to it. But soon I'll probably start doing genre-specific ones. 'Cause I'm OCD like that.