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Artist of the Month: Fonogeri

Hungarian electronica producer, Fonogeri, has recently released all 3 of his soothing, melancholic chillout albums on Creative Commons music site, Jamendo. This means that you can stream every track in full AND download the mp3s absolutely FREE! His latest album, Letters From Home, was just released this past August and contains a staggering 20 tracks. After having sampled his earlier albums, I would have to agree with the artist statement that this is “Fonogeri’s hottest album.” While still retaining the ambient atmosphere of past releases, Letters adds “a bit of the Hungarian spice,” as the bio so aptly puts it. There is an edgier feeling to these compositions — perhaps a slight urban feel — that helps propel the album along. Breaking up the largely instrumental pieces are a few with vocal samples which add a more human element which I appreciate. The lyrics of “Tough Song,” in particular, add to that “urban” feel; “Uptown. Feeling it baby…” I could easily imagine Fonogeri’s music alongside the artists of Sine Music, Tyranno Lounge Records, or Billo Music. This is some pretty top notch chillout lounge, so I suggest you download it now while you can still get it for free!

Fonogeri

Download Letters From Home (VBR mp3)
Stream Letters From Home on Jamendo

Chillcast #189: Discoveries

We’re back to the regular 1 hour format this week. Glad to have heard from so many of you that you enjoyed last week’s extended episode last week! This show is packed full of new musical discoveries from all over the world, including Norway, United States, Germany, Canada, Hungary, England — and even France and Nigeria if you count Tea. Only 3 free downloads this week, but with music this good, you will want to go buy it! And I hope you do, because all of these artists deserve our support.

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Download Chillcast #189: Discoveries (mp3)

Playlist:

  1. “Soon” Kate Havnevik Me EP (2009) Buy via PayPal
  2. “Tokyo in June” 7 Day Visa Tokyo (2009) Buy on iTunes
  3. “Vanilla” Life Audience Diamonds & Pearls Lounge Vol. 3 (2009) Buy on iTunes
  4. “Beautiful Once” Names Single (2009)
  5. “Dis Moi” Tea Dreams (2009) Buy on iTunes
  6. “Tough Song” Fonogeri Letters From Home (2009) Download Free Mp3
  7. “Sunrise” Polished Chrome First Experience (2009) Buy on iTunes
  8. “I Believe In Dreams” Groove Junkies, Andy Caldwell, Alexander Sky Moho Vaults Vol. 1 (2009) Buy at iTunes | Download Free Mp3
  9. “The Greasy Beat (ft. Bootsy Collins – Natural Funk Mix)” Claude VonStroke Bird Brain (2009) Buy on iTunes | Download Free Mp3
  10. “Nobody Here (ft. Kameel)” Blu Mar Ten Natural History (2009) Buy on iTunes

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Chillcast Listed “Top Resource”

Last week, Ariel of Cyber PR selected The Chillcast as one of her Top 100 picks for the Indie Maximum Exposure List under Category 6- Online Resources (Where to Submit). This is an incredibly thorough list of resources for the independent musician with advice from a number of different people including Derek Sivers (founder of CDBaby), Jed Carlson & Lou Plaia (Reverb Nation), Tom Silverman (New Music Seminar & Tommy Boy) and, of course, Ariel Hyatt.

#80: The Chillcast: The Largest Podcast For Chillout & Electronica

The Chillcast is a weekly music podcast featuring hand picked podsafe music hosted by Anji Bee, vocalist of Lovespirals. Anji Bee is a Southern California vocalist, lyricist, podcaster and vidcaster. Anji’s podcast gets tens of thousands of downloads per show and Anji is always looking to discover great new artists in the genres listed.

Genres: Chillout, electronica, worldbeat, soul, and jazz.
www.thechillcast.com
– Ariel Hyatt

Every Day Is Halloween – Postmarks

Just thought I’d pop in to send you a little Halloween love with this free download by one of my fave indie pop bands, The Postmarks. They did a really cute cover of Ministry’s “Every Day Is Halloween” a few years back and are still offering it on their site. Because the navigation of their site does not allow one to link to specific pages, I can’t link to their audio section and am forced to deep link it directly here. Boo! But please do go visit the The Postmarks site as they have more free songs, videos, and fun stuff to check out.

Download The Postmarks “Every Day Is Halloween” (mp3)

Artist of the Week: 7 Day Visa

7 Day Visa is the musical project of electronica producer, Jamahl Richardson AKA Natural Fact. After having toured Japan with Chillcast regulars, The Shanghai Restoration Project, Richardson was inspired to create music based on his experiences in this new country. The result is an 8 song album, Tokyo, which truly brings to life the sounds of this magical city in musical form. It’s almost hard to believe these songs were created by an Oakland native living in Brooklyn! Not only is the music of this album totally engrossing — yet fairly laidback — but the accompanying artwork and website add even more to the experience. Be sure to read the “scrapbook” segment of 7dayvisa.com to learn more about each song’s inspiration — complete with gorgeous photography — and the “sights and sounds” section for additional video footage and photos set to a sampler of music from the album. Even more exciting is that this is just the first in a planned series of travel-related albums from 7 Day Visa, released on the Undercover Culture Music label (run by Dave Liang of Shanghai Restoration Project) . You can be sure you’ll be hearing more about those on upcoming episodes!

7 Day Visa
“Sakura Stroll” (mp3)
from “Tokyo
(Undercover Culture Music)

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Chillcast #188: Halloween Chillout

You must be thinking, “What? Anji found Halloween-themed chillout songs?” No. Not at all. This is simply a mellow 2-hour DJ mix of downtempo, lounge, and worldbeat tunes for you to enjoy  over this holiday weekend. Or wait ’til Monday and listen at work, it’s all up to you. Every song is a free download care of Promonet, so grab ’em while they’re hot and enjoy! I’ll be back with some great new releases next week, just wait…

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Download Chillcast #188: Halloween Chillout (mp3)

Playlist:

  1. Late - Night Party Vol. 7Paris Barlow
    “Therapy Sound” (mp3)
    from “Late – Night Party Vol. 7”
    (Billo Music)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  2. Lounge & Deep House CollectionLounge Patio
    “Close to Me” (mp3)
    from “Lounge & Deep House Collection”
    (Billo Music)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  3. Upper East Side Hotel CompilationSTRING15 EXPERIENCE
    “Red Carpet” (mp3)
    from “Upper East Side Hotel Compilation”
    (Billo Music)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  4. Late - Night Party Vol. 6Jay Waldren
    “Moonrise In My Mind” (mp3)
    from “Late – Night Party Vol. 6”
    (Billo Music)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  5. ChilloutPortofino Lounge
    “Remember Me” (mp3)
    from “Chillout”
    (Shake Records)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  6. About TimePan Electric, Ishq
    “Forever” (mp3)
    from “About Time”
    (Absolute Ambient)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  7. Sattva - The Essence Of BeingManish Vyas
    “Meera” (mp3)
    from “Sattva – The Essence Of Being”
    (White Swan Records)
    Buy at eMusic
    More On This Album

  8. Late - Night Party Vol. 2Off Stage
    “Misty” (mp3)
    from “Late – Night Party Vol. 2”
    (Billo Music)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  9. Plutonium GlowVanessa Daou
    “Make Believe” (mp3)
    from “Plutonium Glow”
    (Daou Records)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  10. Portofino SkyRebelbit
    “The Music” (mp3)
    from “Portofino Sky”
    (Shake Records)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  11. Miami Cocktail Party Vol. 2Sweet Ocean
    “Lounge Night” (mp3)
    from “Miami Cocktail Party Vol. 2”
    (Billo Music)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  12. Clean MachineNumatic Soul
    “Wash” (mp3)
    from “Clean Machine”
    (Ball of Waxx)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  13. Touched ShatteredVincent Licata, Domgua, Marc Borlet
    “Touched” (mp3)
    from “Touched Shattered”
    (Super 6 Records)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  14. City of SoundsViggo Steincke
    “City of Sounds” (mp3)
    from “City of Sounds”
    (Steincke Records)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  15. Groove Closet: Downtempo Bedroom Beats from Ball of WaxxSeed
    “Psycho Sol” (mp3)
    from “Groove Closet: Downtempo Bedroom Beats” (Ball of Waxx)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  16. Sunday MorningSebastian Davidson
    “Sunday Morning” (mp3)
    from “Sunday Morning”
    (Night Drive Music)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  17. Hotel Deluxe - World TravellerEdson X
    “Coqueiros” (mp3)
    from “Hotel Deluxe – World Traveller”
    (Azul Music)
    Buy at Rhapsody
    More On This Album

  18. Groove Lotion Vol. 2Monodeluxe
    “Verdana” (mp3)
    from “Groove Lotion Vol. 2”
    (Vibe Boutique Records)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  19. Reissue DubsDeepchild
    “Tronic Dub” (mp3)
    from “Reissue Dubs”
    (Future Classic)
    Buy at Rhapsody
    More On This Album

  20. Nor-tec CollectionJohn Costello
    “El Golpe” (mp3)
    from “Nor-tec Collection”
    (Fervor Records)
    Buy at Rhapsody
    More On This Album

  21. Grand QuartersMr.De’
    “Sex On The Beach 2000” (mp3)
    from “Grand Quarters”
    (Electrofunk Records)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

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Lovespirals Go Green With New CD

Lovespirals band founder, Ryan Lum, proclaimed that the band’s last album, Long Way From Home, would be the final one to come out on CD. But response to such claims in interviews and the band podcast, Chillin’ with Lovespirals, was consistent amongst fans; they want a physical product, not just a digital one. So the band scrapped their plans to release one or two digital-only EPs per year and returned to their original format, the full-length album. This time around, however, the eco-conscious duo decided to do their homework before going with their usual compact disc manufacturer. The resulting packaging is one that the fans are sure to love, and that the band can feel good about. Future Past will be Lovespirals’ first digipac, printed on 100% recycled stock with 100% recycled plastic trays, printed with vegetable-based inks and coated with water-based biodegradable varnishes. You can hear Ryan and Anji talk about the CD packaging — and hear a clip of the opening song from Future Past — on Chillin’ with Lovespirals #70.

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'Future Past' by Lovespirals available on CD Nov 2009

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Chillcast #187: Smooth Vibes

More great new music for ya this week, including a few new artists to the show, and additional tracks from some of the great new albums I introduced you to last week. This is a pretty mellow mix with a very smooth vibe, and a nice ratio of male to female vocals. Nearly half of these tracks are free downloads, which I’m sure you’ll want to grab for your collection. Sorry the show is a little late today, I have been swamped around here lately!

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Download Chillcast #187: Smooth Vibes (mp3)

Playlist:

  1. “Goodbye” Marga Sol Diamonds & Pearls Lounge Vol. 3 (2009) Buy on iTunes
  2. “Feel Your Love” Polished Chrome First Experience (2009) Due Out Oct. 30th!
  3. “Desirable” Tea Dreams (2009) Buy on iTunes
  4. “Believing (Catalina Shores Mix – ft. Angela McCluskey)” Paul & Price Believing EP (2009) Buy Digital EP from RedCola
  5. “Sunday Morning (Lemon Popsicle Remix)” Sebastian Davidson Sunday Morning (2009) Buy on iTunes | Download Free Mp3
  6. “AYA (Justin Van Der Volgen Remix)” Sugar & Gold AYA Remix EP (2009) Download Free Mp3
  7. “Frisco Disco” James & Evander This Isn’t the Beginning of Anything (2009) More On This Album | Download Free Mp3
  8. “Somewhere (Eric Kupper Reprise)” John Shannon Somewhere Remixes (2009) Buy at iTunes Music Store | Download Free Mp3
  9. “Shibuya Crossing” 7 Day Visa Tokyo (2009) Buy on iTunes
  10. “In A Bullet Proof Vest” Anderson It Runs In The Family (2009) Buy on iTunes | Download Free Mp3
  11. “Boom” Anjulie Anjulie (2009) Download Free Mp3

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Chillin’ with Lovespirals #70

Lovespirals are back with tons of stories, mostly related to their upcoming new album, Future Past. The duo just returned from a trip up North to master the album with Robert Rich, and throw an intimate pre-release listening party at the BlizzzzCrib with a few friends including members of Karmacoda, Under, and Falling You, as well as band photographer, Susan Jennings, and Sinikus and Sarika of Below Zero. The band also discuss finalizing CD artwork with Scott of ithinkitsnice and going green by manufacturing with Groove House Records. Ryan and Anji also talk about attending the Immersion Festival and hanging out with Steve Roach and Loren Nerell afterwards at Noisebug. The show closes with a clip from the opening track of Future Past, “Home.”

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Download Chillin’ with Lovespirals #70 (mp3)

Steve Roach plays his didgeridoo at the Immersion Festival in Pomona, CA


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My Cubical Is Happy (XtraNormal Vid)

Have you seen the Xtranormal site yet? It allows you to select from various characters and backgrounds — including your choice of gender and language — then animate them using various actions and expressions. Type in what you want them to say and how you want them to say it — even choose which camera angle — and the site turns your script into an animated video. It is way too fun! I had heard of it somewhere, but once I saw it in action – via a video by Ryan Coseboom of Stripmall Architecture, I knew I had to try it out.

“… Now my sad little cubical is filled with beautiful tunes!”

What the heck? Here’s my first movie, about the new Lovespirals album. I think it’s pretty cute, anyway.

“Is Lovespirals that old Goth band?” “No. They are so not Goth.”