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An Sealgaire, the new mini-album from Beithíoch, is available now as a free Creative Commons licensed download.

Hi.Arc.Tow presents the debut album of industrial techno project Mushin as a free Creative Commons download. Realm of Corrosion fleshes out a techno industrial sound world around a narrative structural skeleton akin to that of prog-ambient or metal. Accompanying visuals for the album have been provided by photographer and graphic/texture artist David Watts (whose homepage is currently being reconstructed).

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Visuals:
Front cover - Back cover

Mushin home page at HIARCTOW.com

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This album is provided as a free Creative Commons licensed download by HI.ARC.TOW. This makes it free to download and to redistribute.


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Nihil, the newest work from Síol Na Gréine, is available now as a free Creative Commons licensed download.

Nihil is a three movement pseudo-symphony transcending the boundaries imposed between the more artistically aware forms of popular music (ambient and underground metal) and the world of classical music. Filtering its motivic metamorphoses through the aesthetics of overdriven guitar and delay/effects, Nihil meanders organically through waves of noise and atonality towards a tonal, pictorial narrative of the cyclicality of decay, destruction and rebirth.

download:
MP3 - FLAC

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About Creative Commons

This album is provided as a free Creative Commons licensed download by HI.ARC.TOW. This makes it free to download and to redistribute.


More info here.



hi.arc.tow Síol Na Gréine cryosyncopy Maeror Tri Radio NIHIL Biosphere Aphex Twin Autechre beethoven Bach Tangerine Dream Demilich Burzum Dead Can Dance Averse SefiraImmolationIncantationMetallicaJesuGodfleshRevengeMinistryKilling JokeThrobbing GristleAnton BrucknerKarlheinz StockhausenSteve RoachSlayerMotorheadCeltic FrostSepulturaProngKreatorRobert FrippRobert RichXasthurMayhemTechno AnimalFear Factory Programmed Cell DeathLustmordBeheritUlverOpethNONSteve RoachRobert RichRoger WhittakerSkinny PuppyEinsturzende NeubautenNurse With WoundNegura BungetPolygon WindowBoards of CanadaAbhorrentNULLLullSPKFripp & EnoLisa GerrardTangerine DreamKlaus SchulzeCanSigur RósVäsenHeitor Villa-LobosSeán Ó RiadaPeadar Ó RiadaJohn kinsellaArvo PärtJean SibeliusLudwig van BeethovenFrank LyonsVenetian SnaresDelia DerbyshirePhillip GlassSteve ReichKing CrimsonJohn CageJesuFinal

1. How did you get into no.29?
Deadmau5 - All my friends were raving on about him so I reckoned I'd give him a shot and he was deadly.

2. What's the first song you ever heard by no.22?
The Doors - The End

3. Whats your favourite lyric by no.33?
The Velvet Underground - "Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life/Because a mainer to my vein/Leads to a center in my head/And then I'm better off and dead/Because when the smack begins to flow/I really don't care anymore"

4. How did you get into no.49?
MGMT - I didn't really, my ex did though

5. How many albums by no.13 do you own?
My Bloody Valentine - 3

6. What is your favorite song by no.50?
A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation

7. Is there a song by no.39 that makes you sad?
Jefferson Airplane - None. Only that I wish it was the 60s!

8. What is your favorite song by no.15?
Justice - Newjack

9. What is your favorite song by no.5?
Global Communication - 14 31

10. Is there a song by no.6 that makes you happy?
Orbital - Just about most of them but I'll go with Remind as I'm listening to it right now!

11. What is the worst song by no.40?
Pixies - Something from Trompe Le Monde I'd imagaine

12. What is your favorite song by no.10?
Boys Noize - &Down

13. What is a good memory you have involving no.30?
Blackalicious - um...they got me back into proper hip hop

14. What is your favorite song by no.38?
Autechre - Silverside

15. Is there a song by no.19 that makes you happy?
Shpongle - Star Shpongled Banner

16. Is there a song by no.25 that makes you sad?
The Bloody Beetroots - Nope, I love the Bloody Beetroots!

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
múm - We Have a Map of the Piano

18. What's your favorite lyric by no.11?
The Orb - *gibberesh* Ha ha ha, Ha ha ha - Perpetual Dawn

19. Who is a favorite member of no.1?
Aphex Twin - Thats a tough one but I'd have to go with Richard.

20. Is there a song by no.14 that makes you happy?
The Higher Intelligence Agency - Ketamine Entity

21. What is a good memory involving no.27?
Lemon Jelly - Me and my bessie mate Niall dancing like loonies screaming at people that 'All the ducks were swimming in the water'

22. What is your favorite song by no.16?
Bob Marley And The Wailers - Redemption Song

23. What is the first song you ever heard by no.47?
Röyksopp - Eple

24. What is your favorite album by no.18?
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland

25. What is your favorite song by no.21?
The Chemical Brothers - The Sunshine Underground

26. What is the first song you ever heard by no.26?
DJ Shadow - The Numbers Song

27. What is your favorite album by no.3?
Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy

28. What is you favorite song by no.2?
Air - La Femme D'Argent (still!)

29. What was the first song you ever heard by no.32?
Sigur Ros - Vaka

30. What is you favorite song by no.8?
Digitalism - The Pulse

31. How many times have you seen no.17 live?
Venetian Snares - never cos he played before I got into him. Shit one

32. Is there a song by no.44 that makes you happy?
De La Soul - Me, Myself and I

33. How did you get into no.12?
Daft Punk - When I decided to give up on rock and get into electro, these were the first heads recommended to me

34. What is the worst song by no.45?
Jon Biron - They're all very pleasent...

35. What was the first song you ever heard by no.34?
Surkin - Next of Kin

36. What was the first song you ever heard by no.48?
ELO - Mr Blue Sky

37. How many times have you seen no.42 live?
Vitalic - Once. Left a lot to be desired but La Rock 01 and My Friend Dario were great

38. What is you favorite song by no.36?
The Gift Of The Gab - Moonshine

39. What was the first song you ever heard by no.28?
Pendulum - Plastic World

40. What is you favorite album by no.7?
Zero 7 - Simple Things

41. Is there a song by no.31 that makes you happy?
Jurassic 5 - If You Only Knew

42. What is your favorite album by no.41?
1200 Micrograms - 1200 Micrograms (they should really be up higher, my new faves!)

43. What is your favorite song by no.24?
Pink Floyd - Sheep (although it changes like the wind)

44. What is a good memory you have involving no.46?
Polygon Window - That Richard D James' non-Aphex stuff is also deadly

45. What is your favorite song by no.35?
Tiga - (Far From) Home

46. Is there a song by no.9 that makes you happy?
Sonic Youth - The Empty Page

47. What is your favorite album by no.4?
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase

48. Who is your favorite member of no.37?
The Prodigy - eh...the one who makes the beats...

49. What is the first song you ever heard by no.43?
Warp Mix Night - not really an artist, so Cock Ver 10 I guess

50. What is your favorite song by no.20?
The Tuss - Synthacon 9

Cryosyncopy releases new album Cosmic Vicissitude as free download



The new, and likely final, album from Cryosyncopy is available now from HI.ARC.TOW as a free Creative-Commons licensed download. The album forgoes the several-track format of preceding albums for two longer, more meditative pieces that together form a more obvious whole. As on previous album Black Sea visual artwork has been skillfully provided by Apostol. The album is available in both MP3 and lossless FLAC format.

Download Cosmic Vicissitude (MP3)
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Download images: Front cover & Back cover



About Cryosyncopy

Cryosyncopy paints pictures with sound, in ways that are sometimes more cinematic than traditionally musical in how they use texture, tonality and space. But to over analyze is to miss the point, and to fail to see this music as it is - sonic environments to traverse and immerse in. Instead it asks the listener to explore for themselves and allow the art to represent itself through the ideas it already has embedded within its design.

Cryosyncopy page @ HI.ARC.TOW


About Hi.Arc.Tow

Hi.Arc.Tow are an artistic community who aim to create art of meaningful, lasting value. We strive to the standards of the immortal greats and to inspire a love of existence.

Our goals are: to assist people in the development of the necessary skills to create good work, provide more direct assistance where possible/requested, offer constructive criticism of work, promote that which think deserves attention - even hosting work on this website if the artist so chooses.

All work available from the HI.ARC.TOW website for free download is licenced under a Creative Commons Licence. This makes it free to share (to copy, distribute and transmit the work) and to remix (to adapt the work) provided you properly attribute the artists and do not exploit the work for commercial purposes unless given permission.

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hi.arc.tow Síol Na Gréine cryosyncopy Maeror Tri Radio NIHIL Biosphere Aphex Twin Autechre beethoven Bach Tangerine Dream Demilich Burzum Dead Can Dance Averse SefiraImmolationIncantationMetallicaJesuGodfleshRevengeMinistryKilling JokeThrobbing GristleAnton BrucknerKarlheinz StockhausenSteve RoachSlayerMotorheadCeltic FrostSepulturaProngKreatorRobert FrippRobert RichXasthurMayhemTechno AnimalFear Factory Programmed Cell DeathLustmordBeheritUlverOpethNONSteve RoachRobert RichRoger WhittakerSkinny PuppyEinsturzende NeubautenNurse With WoundNegura BungetPolygon WindowBoards of CanadaAbhorrentNULLLullSPKFripp & EnoLisa GerrardTangerine DreamKlaus SchulzeCan

Another day, another compilation (that time of year, I suppose). Today it's an album that, from what I recall, was set to celebrate Warp Records tenth anniversary: Warp Routine. Again, I am sure I acquired this for free back in my music director stage of life, a time when I wasn't picky about my acquisitions, as I wasn't paying for them, and the key reason to keep a CD in many cases was whether it may have resale vaue down the road (eBay, hello?). In any case, that explains why I ended up with this CD of electronic music, IDM or what have you. Although this is probably among the tops of the genre, I can't say that most of it stands out beyond being background music. I did dig tracks by Mira Calix and Autechre, and the Jamie Lidell song made me wonder if he was really singing about fucking someone in the back of his daddy's car. Oh, and the droney nature of the Untitled Polygon Window song was alright, too. But ultimately, this is nothing I am going to find myself going back to. However, given that I now essentially only listen to music on shuffle (10,931 songs and going strong!), I certainly won't complain when this stuff pops up.

As always, if you decide to download the record, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

Total Number of Songs:
10,197

Total Length of Music:
24.7 days

Sort By Song Title:
First Song: A-Ok - Motion City Soundtrack
Last Song: [ ] - Polygon Window

Sort By Time:
Longest Song: I Don't Keep With Liars Anymore - The Bled (37.46)
Shortest Song: Here's To The Past - A Day to Remember

Sort By Artist:
First Song: Take On Me - a-ha
Last Song: At Zero - ZAO

First Five Songs in Shuffle:
1. The End of His World - ZAO
2. and of the abominations of earth - Harlots
3. The Alphabet Never Really Made sense To Me - Liferuiner
4. The Enchanted Rose - Bury Your Dead
5. Smaller and Smaller - Faith No More

"Sex", how many songs come up? 26
"Love", how many songs come up? 160
"Death", how many songs come up? 73
"Hate", how many songs come up? 33
"Wish", how many songs come up? 27
"Kill", how many song come up? 75

Bit late on the upload im afraid.. been a bit slack recently. Anyways instead of banging out the classics, Come To Daddy, Window Licker etc I thought I'd go the more obscure route for this show so hopefully unless your a mega Aphex fan then some of these tunes might be new to you.

Also before you all email in and call me a fool Nanobot put me right about the Universal Indicator releases as they are in fact Mike Dread ... Doh!

Aphex Twin 'Milk Man' [Warp] - Taken from 'Girl/Boy EP' 12"
Aphex Twin 'Heliosphan' [R and S] - Taken from 'Selected Ambient Works 85-92' LP
Aphex Twin 'Girl Boy (£18 Snare Rush Mix)' [Warp Records] - Taken from 'Girl/Boy' 12"
AFX 'Analogue Bubblebath' [TVT Records] - Taken from 'Analogue Bubblebath' 12"
Universal Indicator 'Wayne's Tantrum' [Rephlex] - Taken from 'Universal Indicator Yellow' 12"
Universal Indicator 'TSA' [Rephlex] - Taken from 'Universal Indicator Blue' 12"
AFX '.55278037732581' [Rephlex] - Taken from 'Analogue Bubblebath Vol. 3' 12"
Curve 'Falling Free (Aphex Twin Remix)' [Warp] - Taken from '26 Mixes For Cash' CD
AFX '2 Analogue Talks' [Rephlex] - Taken from 'Analord 06' 12"
Aphex Twin 'Fingerbib' [Warp] - Taken from 'Richard D.James' LP
Polygon Window 'Supremacy II' [Warp] - Taken from 'Surfing On Sine Waves' LP
Aphex Twin 'Goon Gumpas' [Warp] - Taken from 'Richard D.James' LP
AFX 'Sloth' [Rephlex] - Taken from 'Analogue Bubblebath Vol. 4' 12"
Aphex Twin 'CD2 Track 4 - Grey Stripe' [Warp] - Taken from 'Selected Ambient Works Volume II' LP
Aphex Twin 'Ventolin (Crowsmengegus Mix)' [Warp] - Taken from 'Ventolin' 12"
Aphex Twin 'Inkey$' [Warp Records] - Taken from 'Girl/Boy' E.P
Mescalinum United 'We Have Arrived (Aphex Twin TTQ Mix)' [R and S] - Taken from 'Classics' LP
Aphex Twin 'Bbydhyonchord' [Warp] - Taken from 'Drukqs' LP
AFX '*Not Too Sure I'm Afraid' [Rephlex] - Taken from 'Analord 06' 12"
Aphex Twin 'Girl Boy (Redruth Mix)' [Warp] - Taken from 'Girl/Boy' E.P
Gavin Bryars 'Raising The Titanic (Big Drum Mix)' [Warp] - Taken from '26 Mixes For Cash' CD
Aphex Twin 'Beskhu3epnm' [Warp] - Taken from 'Drukqs' LP
Aphex Twin 'My Saint Michel Mix+St Michaels Mount' [Warp] - Taken from 'Drukqs' LP
AFX 'Backdoor.Spybooter.A' [Rephlex] - Taken from 'Analord 08' 12"
AFX 'Custodian Discount' [Warp] - Taken from 'Hangable Auto Bulb EP
Aphex Twin 'Meltphace 6' [Warp] - Taken from 'Drukqs' LP
Aphex Twin 'Little Funny Man' [Warp] - Taken from 'Come To Daddy EP'
Power Pill 'Pac-Man' [FFRR] - Taken from 'Pac-Man' 12"


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Why? Why do people insist on tagging artists with the artists name, or other artists name?

For example, Nine Inch Nails, is tagged as Nine Inch Nails. No, really? Are we sure this is NIN? Might we forget that Nine Inch Nails is in fact, Nine Inch Nails, if we don't tag it as such?

Heres an example of tagging artists with other artists names. Boards of Canada, Error Unknown, and Thalassa are all tagged Aphex Twin. Guess what. None of those artists are Aphex Twin.

Can we at least all make the extra effort to put "music like" in front of the artist your comparing it too? For example, Squarepusher could be tagged "music like aphex twin". Its literally only 10 extra characters. It seems like a small price to pay to not look like a retarded bastard who's cluttering Last.fm with stupid tags.

Arguably, there are some cases where it may have a point. In the instance of artists like Aphex Twin and Syndrone who have recorded under multiple names. But for the sake of organization and cleanliness, can we just not? You know that Polygon Window is Richard D. James, so is it really necessary to tag it as Aphex Twin?

That is all.