A fine Free Music Archive playlist

http://freemusicarchive.org/member/LCL/blog/LCL_celebrates_its_9th_birthday_with_FMA_

LCL celebrates its 9th birthday with FMA !

"9 years from now, same day, we released our first EP. What a long travel we all made ! How many enriching encounters, experiences, parties, discoveries… Here is a very special Free Music Archive mixtape to celebrate the 9 years of the label ! 45 tracks ranging widely, mostly Dub & reggae, but also bits of post rock, folk, hiphop, ambient, electronics and even french chanson…"

Take a trip from the origins to the present of LCL netlabel !

Lowtech

http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=439

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Lowtec, real name Jens Kuhn, set up Workshop Records with Even Tuell in 2006—before that he ran his own label, Out To Lunch. Kuhn was responsible for the first Workshop 12-inch and since then the label has become synonymous with a sound—warm, lean, dryly funky—and also a style, one that's based on quality over quantity: limited vinyl, high-end packaging and an unhurried release schedule. This idea of restraint runs deep through the Workshop ethos. "There are a lot of ideas and many plans," Kuhn tells us, "but we don't have the urge to execute them right away." 

Workshop and Lowtec continue to flourish. The label has relied on a tight circle of artists, like Kassem Mosse and Move D, to release consistently high quality productions, while Kuhn has spread his wings, putting out records on labels like Laid, Brainmath and NonPlus. He returned home in style this year withWorkshop 20, his first solo record on his label since 2008.

- Resident Advisor 

Sugar Candy Mountain - Being

Sarah Bethe Nelson

http://blog.kexp.org/2015/05/12/song-of-the-day-sarah-bethe-nelson-start-somewhere/

Sarah Bethe Nelson – Start Somewhere

By JACOB WEBB | Published on the KEXP blog on MAY 12, 2015

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is “Start Somewhere” by Sarah Bethe Nelsonfrom the 2015 album Fast Moving Clouds on Burger Records.

Sarah Bethe Nelson – Start Somewhere (MP3)

A veteran of the San Francisco music scene as a supporting player, Sarah Bethe Nelson’s debut record as a solo artists is built with the perspective and musical depth of a long-time lead. Nelson’s role as a bartender, as well as her status as an alumnus of the Sacramento rock band Prariedog, in the Bay Area hasn’t just provided a window into many of the local’s heartbreaks and victories, it also set her up as one of the most well-connected individuals in the city’s notably tight-knit scene, which means that her Kelley Stoltz-recorded, Burger Records-released solo debut, Fast Moving Clouds, arrives with plenty of hometown approval. Fast Moving Clouds is a considerably diverse introductory statement, with Nelson’s airy voice gracefully floating over languid ballads (“Paying”), pop shuffles (“Impossible Love”), and hazy rockers (the title track). “Start Somewhere”, the album’s opening track, captures Nelson’s lovelorn ethos in a three-word and two-chord chorus, which, is as it turns out, is all the space Nelson needs to nail it. Her opening line – “All that you learn by being tough/is how to love without loving that much” – starts off Nelson’s lyrical advice on love before she reveals her own uncertain perspective in the final stanza. Spoken like a true bartender, “Start Somewhere” is wise, empathetic, and oozing with charisma, and even without a round or six (or seven) to warm you up, it’s a total knockout of an introduction.

Sarah Bethe Nelson will head out on tour this summer with Sonny and the Sunsets, but there’s no Seattle date announced at the moment, so keep up with Sarah Bethe on tour at her Facebookand Instagram. 

ddb music

http://music.dennydennybreakfast.com/album/abandoned-here

Briana Marela - "Surrender"

Daymé Arocena

https://daymearocena.bandcamp.com/album/nueva-era

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Beehype, best music ever

http://beehy.pe/

"We’re music journalists, bloggers and DJ’s from around the world. We collect and carefully select what’s best in our local scenes to present it to the global audience."


https://soundcloud.com/beehype/sets/best-of-may-2015

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  A-WA — HABIBI GALBI

   10,040
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  Colornoise — Amalie

   13,335
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  Inner Ear Records — Παύλος Παυλίδης & B-Movies - Ο Χρόνος

   900
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  Pentatones — The Beast (Radio Edit)

   4,921
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  Oh, Flamingo! — Reflections

   2,533
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  discos rio bueno — Astro - Caribbean (Single)

   4,946
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  UP!UP!UP! music — Марсу Нужны Любовники - Калиформисс

   337
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  Samowar — Roots

   1,377
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  La Souterraine — Halo Maud - À la fin

   947
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  Stars and Rabbit — The House

   3,747
• 11

  Paola Navarrete — NADIE

   5,342
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  PAUW — Shambhala

   6,382
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  bruno-giorgi — 01 - Castanho (Lenine / Carlos Posada)

   8,292
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  Her — Quite Like

   93,737
• 15

  MISSINCAT — Pirates

   3,747
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  Luxury Gbg — Westkust - Swirl

   53,981
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  Ola Kobak — Flow

   541
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  Ulises Hadjis — Ulises Hadjis - Consecuencias Y Reclamos

   877
• 19

  W i l d e r n e s s — Wilderness - Tomorrow Will Be Different (NEW SONG)

   8,080
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  Noa Babayof — Blue Bound

   792
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  coronabeats — Prāta Vētra - Ziemu apēst (coronabeats remikss)

   2,036
• 22

  SixDegreesRecords — Dom La Nena / Llegaré

   4,771
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  dina elwedidi — في بلاد العجايب - Fi Belad Elagayeb

   30,358
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  AID KID — Hidden Light (ft. Veronika Buriánková)

   2,781
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  CamilaMoreno — Camila Moreno - Sin Mi

   3,329
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  Colleagues — Somewhere

   38,551
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  Mihle — The Fear

   12,211
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  Andrea Balency — Andrea Balency - Simone

   3,455
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  Anova Music — Lola Marsh - Sirens

   174,096
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  QINHO — ÍMPAR - O Peso Do Meu Coração

   2,012

  
  

Miami Horror – Real Slow

http://blog.kexp.org/2015/05/18/song-of-the-day-miami-horror-real-slow/

By JACOB WEBB | Published: MAY 18, 2015

photo by Dylan Reyes

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on The Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is “Real Slow” by Miami Horror from the 2015 album All Possible Futures on Dine Alone Records.

Miami Horror – Real Slow (MP3)

It didn’t take long for producer Benjamin Plant’s dance remix persona to turn into a full-on disco and house-influenced dance band dubbed Miami Horror. The Melbourne producer’s early remixes eventually gave way to original work, including the buzzy Australian track “Sweaty Wet/Dirty Damp” with Gameboy/Gamegirl. Not long after the release of that single, Plant released his debut EP as Miami Horror and gathered a live band – guitarists Josh Moriarty and Aaron Shanahan and bassist/keyboardist Daniel Whitechurch – to take the songs from the EP and his debut album, 2010’s Illumination, on the road. For the second Miami Horror LP, Plant brought the band into the collaborative process, resulting in the 2015 disco-leaning All Possible Futures. Just like Miami Horror aren’t actually from Miami, “Real Slow” isn’t the least bit slow: it’s a uptempo, celebratory burner that captures the joyous spirit of early Italo-disco tunes. Featuring a subtle, silvery guest vocal performance from Sarah Chernoff, the tune’s stacked synths play off each other like disco ping pong: when space in one keyboard line opens up, it’s brilliantly rallied by another counter line. “Real Slow” doesn’t take long to connect with the dancefloor, but in headphones, it’s an even more intriguing listen, filled with plenty of effervescent layers to unpack.

Miami Horror will bring All Possible Futures to Seattle on Friday, May 29th, as the perform as part of KEXP’s Hood-To-Hood Day in West Seattle, joining John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, Hop Along, and Telekinesis for a free outdoor celebration. Miami Horror will also play at the The Crocodile later that night. Get tickets to that all-ages show here, keep up with the band at their Facebook and website, and watch the borderline-NSFW video for “Real Slow”.