Best of Bandcamp Friday: May 2024

1, The Northern Hemisphere – The Shipping Diaries EP:

The Shipping Diaries EP | The Northern Hemisphere (bandcamp.com)

A conceptual EP based on samples from old shipping forecasts with the main inspiration drawn from a comment that one Gentleman used the old shipping forecasts to help him get to sleep after his Wife died.

2, Pusher – Look Up:

Pusher | Look. Up. (bandcamp.com)

Described as audio graffiti.

3, Trail Mx – Hold Music 12:

Hold Music 12 | Trail Mx (bandcamp.com)

A sustained drone contraption composed of processed field recordings, loops and synths

4, HDRF – Tolstoy Imperial:

Tolstoy Imperial (Full Version, 1993) | HDRF (bandcamp.com)

Dark ambient electronica.

5, Steve Hadfield – Donald Byrne vs Bobby Fischer 0-1 – The Game of the Century (1956):

Donald Byrne vs Bobby Fischer 0-1 – The Game of the Century (1956) | Steve Hadfield (bandcamp.com)

The moves of a game of chess are converted into midi to control various synths.

6, Get Bent – Namelessness is Legion:

get bent! | his Namelessness Is Legion | Ivory Bunker Recordings (bandcamp.com)

A collection of tracks all jammed with circuit bent toys, educational electronic labs and enough effects to f8ck things up a bit more!

7, SERRUM – Body Hammer:

Body Hammer | SERRUM (bandcamp.com)

Guitars, pedals, synths, voices, samples, ambiance and loops.

8, Heavy Cloud – Out of the ash (HT101):

out of the ash (HT101) | Heavy Cloud | Histamine Tapes (bandcamp.com)

Reclaimed c90 tapes cut and spliced to length, dubbed in real time. Jcards cut and collaged from a children’s books and craft paper.

9, Rosie Tee – Night Creature:

Night Creature | Rosie Tee (bandcamp.com)

This six track mini-album imagines folk tales from Tee’s Polish roots through a haze of purring synths and spacious beats.

10, Various Artists – 2024 Sampler:

2024 Sampler | Various Artists | I Heart Noise (bandcamp.com)

Sampler album featuring various artists from Boston and beyond.

11, Uncle Nofun – Station 17:

station 17 | uncle nofun (bandcamp.com)

Nathan Perry, aka uncle nofun, makes his Shady Ridge Records debut with a beautiful dark experimental album titled “station 17”. 

12, Attrition – Action and Reaction:

Action and Reaction | ATTRITION with AUDIO LETER | ATTRITION (bandcamp.com)

Attrition delve into their archive to unearth this early experimental jam session from 1983

13, Sorrow Stories – Pulled Apart:

Pulled Apart [Electronic] | Sorrow Stories (bandcamp.com)

14, Bit Cloudy – Maximum Rejection:

Maximum Rejection | Bit Cloudy (bandcamp.com)

Maximum Rejection comprises previously released material from the History Will Be Kind EP, a couple of singles and four remastered tracks from the Energy Giant album which was released on Werra Foxma.

15, Amnza – Anguish:

ANGUiSH | AMNZA (bandcamp.com)

Detroit Drum and Bass, raw, pure and unfiltered.

16, Billy and Jaymie Castillo – Family Style:

Family Style | Billy and Jaymie Castillo | Fear 2 Stop (bandcamp.com)

The father/daughter duo behind many classic songs by indie electro-rock band Fear 2 Stop have teamed up to bring you a collection of new songs and F2S songs remade in a much more organic fashion.

16, Floating Shrine – Connecting:

Connecting | floating shrine (bandcamp.com)

Warm organic arrangements shatter icy electronic chatter to form clear sonic artworks.

17, Sylvia_Din – Inertia:

inertia | Sylvia_Din (bandcamp.com)

This EP is a unique and emotional journey through the complex nature of change and loss. It employs a mixture of glitched-out beats, eroded acoustic instruments, found sounds, and powerful spoken word passages to bring its world to life.

18, Sonny Mac – Space Cowboy:

Space Cowboy | Sonny Mac (bandcamp.com)

Sonny Mac is a Canadian singer, songwriter and musician who’s unique style and vision, while based in classic country music, is varied and eclectic.

19, Amish Noise – Green Manalishi:

Green Manalishi (unknown amount of prongs version) | Amish Noise (bandcamp.com)

Original song written by Peter Green deconstructed & rearranged by Amish Noise.

20, AiramFM – Deep Blue (Dance Remix):

Deep Blue (Dance Remix) | AiramFM (bandcamp.com)

A melancholic, enchanting and dreamy song, about that desire you can have to “escape” all the stormy and stressful things in your life.

21, Art Block – Burning:

Burning | Art Block (bandcamp.com)

Art Block is a singer-songwriter from East London.

22, Fireblood – Hellalujah:

Hellalujah | FIREBLOOD (bandcamp.com)

Described as Sludgy Southern death rock.

23, Holy Shit – Bad Habitat:

BAD HABITAT | HOLY SHIT (bandcamp.com)

The band are from California.

24, Thomas Park – Nvusu Soukousini Caokulu – The SeeHear Generative Remix Album:

nvusu soukousini caokulu – The SeeHear Generative Remix Album | Thomas Park (bandcamp.com)

Amazing explorations in generative music and art by Thomas Park aka mystified.

25, Kapri – You:

YOU | kapri (bandcamp.com)

Eirik Kolstad, better known as kapri, is an 19-year-old independent music artist from Kristiansand, Norway.

26, Charlie Smith – Here he comes now:

Here he comes now | Charlie Smith (bandcamp.com)

Alternative acoustic music.

27, Chris Boddington – Turaco:

Turaco | Chris Boddington (bandcamp.com)

Non conventional songwriter from Birmingham.

28, Industrial 1 – Abstract:

abstract | industrial-1 (bandcamp.com)

Minimalistic piano from Sheffield.

29, Rebel Tramp – Intra Dimensional Frequencies EP:

Intra Dimensional Frequencies [EP] | Rebel Tramp (bandcamp.com)

Rebel Tramp is a mix of Blues, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock and Electronic Music.

30, Emoudu – The Field:

The Field | Emoudu (bandcamp.com)

Born and raised in Jos, Nigeria, Roots from Edo State.

31, Hectic – Rooftop:

Rooftop (2024 Version) | Hectic (bandcamp.com)

An update to a classic Hectic track from over 10 years ago. Originally released by Mixmag.

32, Verfuhrervergelter – Livve:

LIVVE | VERFÜHRERVERGELTER (bandcamp.com)

Battery powered blackened electronics – raw ambient melancholia, Live performance at Moldy Catacombs 08/31/23.

33, Rubber Clown Car – Sedoniya:

Sedoniya | Rubber Clown Car (bandcamp.com)

The band are always in search of the perfect pop song they love power-pop, punk, rock, pop, and anything with great lyrics. Formed in 2006 we continue to write and record songs (including selected covers). Pure Pop for Paranoid People.  

34, Grampfather – Laugh Lines:

Laugh Lines | Grampfather (bandcamp.com)

Grampfather is an indie-psych rock band based out of Kingston, NY, whose material traverses a variety of rock genres, such as indie, garage, punk, psych, chill, and thrash.

35, Orange Dog – Post No Bills:

Post No Bills | Orange Dog (bandcamp.com)

An album of live semi-modular synthesizer music called “Fried Ice Cream”.

36, Hook – The Drugs are Working:

The Drugs Are Working | Hook (bandcamp.com)

Hook are 3 piece new wave band from Dublin, Ireland. Their music is about the small moments, the brutality of love and finding the beautiful in the simple.

37, Burning Dervish – Islands don’t have Hands:

Islands Don’t Have Hands | Burning Dervish (bandcamp.com)

Burning Dervish creates electro-acoustic ambient music and soundscapes using a mixture of process, rules, prompts, found sounds, improvisation, and composition.

38, Herfsen – Shift:

Shift | Herfsen (bandcamp.com)

Herfsen is from South Tangerang, Indonesia.

39, Adiosfatso – The World Has Changed:

The World Has Changed | adiosfatso (bandcamp.com)

40, W Dire Wolff – Broke Down Truck:

Broke Down Truck | W Dire Wolff (bandcamp.com)

W. Dire Wolff Band, with music that reflects the “Northern California Jam Band” sound; the band plays original material and a variety of covers. This sound has been called psychedelic folk rock.

41, Poborsk – Theta Cadence:

Theta Cadence | Poborsk | Kaer’Uiks (bandcamp.com)

Harbour for authentic off-center electronic music.

42, Alnilam – Under the Sun:

Under the Sun | ALNILAM (bandcamp.com)

Costa Rican alternative, indie dream pop.

43, The Langers Ball – The Irish Rover:

The Irish Rover (Single – 2024) | The Langer’s Ball (bandcamp.com)

Recorded by turtle jon at OtherWorld Studio in New York 2023
Mixed and Mastered by Turtle Jon & The Langer’s Ball.

44, Tom Markey – Self Portrait (ambient Mix):

Self-Portrait | Tom Markey (bandcamp.com)

Tom Markey weaves his unique sound from sonic explorations in rock, punk, pop, ambient, and beyond.

45, Nick Jagger – Pizza:

PIZZA | Nick Jagger (bandcamp.com)

punk rock, half of Death to Slater, ex-music industry, ex-MTV, ex-NYC.

46, DKH138 – All Alone:

All Alone | DKH138 (bandcamp.com)

St. Louis based producer DKH138 blends layered synths and ambient sounds into melodic Synthwave music with under tones of bass guitar.

47, SiNthetik – Lies, Secrets, and Death:

Lies, Secrets, And Death | SINthetik Messiah (bandcamp.com)

Blending various elements of industrial, electro, dance, rock, ambient and pop.

48, Feinstruktur – Doggerland:

Doggerland | feinstruktur (bandcamp.com)

Doggerland is a work in progress album.

49, The Trophy Mules – No Sooner than the Moon:

No Sooner Than the Moon | The Trophy Mules (bandcamp.com)

The Trophy Mules combine rock, country and folk elements to deliver a distinctive and timeless collection of material that stretches across musical boundaries.

50, Malcolm the Psychedelic – 365 Days:

365 DAYS | Malcolm The Psychedelic (bandcamp.com)

Freestyle, psychedelic, underground rap.

Michael Conroy

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