12,866
13K
Jul 27, 2005
07/05
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Yeah Pretty Boy
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The title isn't the only intriguing thing about Petting 1: Everything Minor (And A Scratch) by Yeah Pretty Boy. Finest ambient music peppered with an array of spikes and hooks which are sure to snag you and refuse to let go.
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Topics: Electronic, Ambient, Abstract
8,272
8.3K
Sep 22, 2005
09/05
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Monokit
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Dutch/German duo Monokit offer up an album of compact emotional atmospheres. Monolyth allows you to explore 17 landscapes, ranging from the comforting to the unfaimilar to the downright unsettling, and still be back home within the hour.
Topics: Electronic, Ambient, Melodic Electronica
10,338
10K
Nov 14, 2003
11/03
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Various Artists
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A compilation of some of the best beat-oriented music that has been released on Nishi. Spanning from the brittle warmth of Fasp's 'Cyl Flies' and rich-textures of Heath Yonaite's 'The Lucifer Principle' to the droning saturated guitars Hinterland's 'Divebomb' and postrock deconstructions of Colophon's 'Oh to be deployed elsewhere.'
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Topic: Electronic
6,273
6.3K
Dec 12, 2005
12/05
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Pino The Frog
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Vancouver's Pino The Frog is practically one of the family. For his third Nishi release, he treats us to more of his unique brand of digital obfuscation. Melodies and rhythms shine almost imperceptibly through layers of arbitrary complexity. This may well be the last you hear from Pino The Frog, at least under that alias, so don't miss it.
Topics: Electronic, Ambient/noise, Abstract
4,971
5.0K
Feb 12, 2006
02/06
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ILI
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Glitchy polyrhythms from Russia. Oleg Semenovyh's tours of the post-IDM landscape are unpredictable and minutely detailed, encompassing all manner of sound sources.
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29,088
29K
Jun 17, 2005
06/05
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Arturas Bumsteinas
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To coincide with the release of Live@Rixc by Arturas Bumsteinas on Danish label Organic Pipeline , we present Rixc Remixes. Running the gamut of moods and textures, an hour of abstraction divided by common themes and sources.
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Topics: Electronic, Ambient/noise, Abstract, Drones
27,954
28K
Dec 12, 2005
12/05
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John Kannenberg
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The man behind the Stasisfield netlabel gives us his "possible soundtrack" for Walter M. Miller, Jr's science fiction novel. These fine-grained soundscapes are sure to evoke vivid mental images of a post-apocalyptic world, whether you're familiar with the book or not. Charting the fall, rise and fall of mankind.
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Topics: Electronic, Ambient
3,788
3.8K
Apr 25, 2006
04/06
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Antanas Jasenka
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Car Music shifts the emphasis onto rhythms, sometimes frantic and sometimes sporadic, while retaining a keen ear for the unusual.
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11,226
11K
Dec 12, 2005
12/05
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K.D. Expression
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An enigmatic EP from an enigmatic artist. The breaks and melodies are slick and flawlessly produced, never dirtier nor cleaner than they need to be. The overall atmosphere is compelling and uplifting, but it can get rather dark in the shadows.
Topic: Electronic
8,349
8.3K
Jul 27, 2005
07/05
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Ambient Field
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Ambient Field explores the works of one of France's literary greats, with results as awe-inspiring and filled with adventure as the originals. Five Jules Verne Heroes sees analogue sequences underpin avalanches of noise and discord in a tumultuous vision of the future.
Topics: Electronic, Ambient, Melodic Electronica
6,578
6.6K
Jan 13, 2005
01/05
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Minus Pilots
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Boundless Walls -- the debut Nishi release by Minus Pilots. Over 50 minutes of freeform ambient improv teeming with samples. Destined to become a favourite of Nishi ambient following.
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Topics: Electronic, Experimental, Abstract
5,988
6.0K
May 29, 2005
05/05
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Kurrel The Raven
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Kurrel the Raven whisks us off to a universe of emotive drones, reverb-soaked guitars, and space owls. The appropriately named Blissblaster EP defines epic shoegazing (or should that be stargazing?) for the netlabel generation.
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Topics: Electronic, Ambient, Shoegazer
130,386
130K
audio
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Yes, Nishi has reached its 100th release. To celebrate, we asked some past, present and future artists to submit tracks for a compilation album. The result is almost 3 hours of music spanning dozens of genres, styles and moods (not to mention several continents). Between the sublime washes from Pocka and Ambient Field, the dark glitch-pop of Samarah and John Tennant, and the relentless pounding of Elektro Punc and Sascha Müller, and everything in between, there really should be something for...
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29,315
29K
Feb 12, 2006
02/06
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Cagey House
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Dave Keifer's previous EP for Nishi was very well received. This time we're treated to a full album of his skewed, adventurous, melodious, quirky takes on electronica.
2,735
2.7K
Sep 22, 2005
09/05
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Dave Seagrim
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Resolute by Dave Seagrim is a masterclass in building and releasing tension. Five adventurous anthems which are as suited to the armchair as to the dancefloor.
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1,924
1.9K
Nov 17, 2003
11/03
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Urkuma
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Otranto, a suite of four intricate and gleaming tracks by Italian micro-composer Urkuma.
Topic: Experimental
6,777
6.8K
Dec 12, 2005
12/05
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Mystified
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Proving that quality and quantity needn't be mutually exclusive, netlabel superstar Mystified adds his first release for Nishi to his already extensive portfolio. Covering all bases from brooding, pitch-black drones to skewed rhythmic explorations, you never quite know what direction the music is going to take next.
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Topics: Electronic, Ambient, Abstract
5,942
5.9K
Jul 27, 2005
07/05
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Mistrust
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Up to now, no Nishi artists have had their music featured on an extreme sports DVD (correct me if I'm wrong!) But Mistrust is here to change that. Making Movies EP is "drift music" which never coasts on autopilot, down-tempo compositions which refuse to be caught napping.
Topics: Electronic, Techno, Down beat / Chill, downtempo
3,572
3.6K
May 5, 2007
05/07
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Nth Synthesis
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"Chaptire Premier" is a dark electro EP from Nishi newcomers Nth Synthesis. Nth Synthesis is an international collaboration project between musicians and video artists Pierce Warnecke of the United States and Romain Serrate of France. Five songs, some brand new, some revamped, all glitched out noir electro just for you.
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Topics: electro, dark electro, idm, glitch, collaboration
2,547
2.5K
Apr 25, 2006
04/06
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Antanas Jasenka
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Zacheta transcribes a live performance in Warsaw, and is all about minimalism and abstractness, with all manner of drones, blips and scrapes orbiting each other.
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525
525
Jun 26, 2004
06/04
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Comlex
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Comlex's debut on Nishi -- I Like Sounding Sound: a turbulent waveform storm of broken bits.
Topic: Electronic
4,351
4.4K
Jul 27, 2005
07/05
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Phyle
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Lovers of smooth incandescent drones will instantly warm to Phyle's Earth. Glacially slow yet frothing with turbulence, these three monolithic soundscapes could come from a distant nebula.
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Topics: Electronic, Ambient, Drones
5,135
5.1K
Sep 20, 2006
09/06
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Ambient Field
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Patrick Wiklacz continues to indulge his (and our) fascinations with classic science fiction and analog synthesizers, at the intersection of the past and the future. This score for an imaginary sci-fi movie incorporates all manner of otherworldly noises in alien configurations, synthesized and saturated, chilling despite their warmth.
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21,929
22K
Oct 30, 2005
10/05
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Blue T-Shirt
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A month in 36 minutes: one track for each day of July 2005. Blue T-Shirt cooks up a smorgasbord of electronic styles and moods. Track 5 has barely begun when it dissolves into swathes of reverb; track 12 could be the soundtrack to the world's shortest film; track 10 is a chaotic flurry of filthy drums and slurred synths; the final track is a sprawling slab of ambience weighing in at a lengthy 4:56. But you really need to listen for yourself to pick out your own favourites.
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Topics: Ambient, Electronic, IDM, Eclectic
4,233
4.2K
Oct 30, 2005
10/05
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Zed
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A superlative demonstration of textural guitar playing, and of ambient/drone music in general. Three tracks of epic washes evolving from constantly twisting six-string improvisations, bookended by three tracks of more straightforward (but no less satisfying) drones. An essential download if you like your ambient spaces to breathe and emote.
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Topics: Ambient, Drone
48,697
49K
May 29, 2005
05/05
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French Teen Idol
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Further confounding the frontier between electronica and post-rock, French Teen Idol weaves a fabric of intricate piano figures, impassioned sequences and intriguing samples. Meticulous harmonies and a fine sense of dynamics pervade this self-titled album.
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Topics: Electronic, Post-Rock, Progressive Electronic
5,041
5.0K
Jun 20, 2005
06/05
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Emmanuel Farley
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Following up his previous release on Nishi more than two years ago, Emmanuel Farley brings us Awkward Sex. Six evocative and dynamic compositions showcasing an immense musical talent.
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Topics: Electronic, Experimental, Melodic Electronica
706
706
Nov 16, 2003
11/03
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Nex
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Nex, a highly skilled Ukrainian musician presents us with the impressive Jacketed Music. These five tracks were carefully assembled only with sounds from his jacket: "zippers, stickers, friction when walking, etc."
Topic: Experimental
549
549
Nov 16, 2003
11/03
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John Tennant
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John Tennant makes his first appearance on Nishi with three twisting & subtle abstract tracks in Bad Mode.
Topic: Experimental
5,880
5.9K
May 6, 2007
05/07
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Holzkopf
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Canadian Nishi veteran Holzkopf originally released his double EP "Epilepsy Circle" as "Sum(n) Gun(m) Kicked Under the Table with Epilepsy" and "A Circle is a Natural Shape" on CD in very limited numbers from nOnCapable Recordings, and in mp3 form on Severed Digit Recordings. The CDs were sold out long ago, and Severed Digit no longer exists, but we've given these tracks a new home. Ten tracks ranging from breakcore/hip-hop to ambient chimes and drones.
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Topics: breakcore, experimental, noise, ambient, drones, avant garde, avantgarde
4,713
4.7K
May 13, 2004
05/04
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Hackeronte
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Do ghosts leave trails? Hackeronte circles around spartan interferences and inferences in seven segments: Frequencies
Topics: Ambient, Avantgarde
2,456
2.5K
May 7, 2005
05/05
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Strinqulu
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Strinqulu makes a welcome return to Nishi. Ten Cases of Human Aberration is an exhilarating cocktail of fragmented tones and obfuscated rhythms.
Topics: Electronic, Experimental, Abstract
6,558
6.6K
Feb 12, 2006
02/06
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digital_mode
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A little uncompromising d'n'b to get you moving through the long winter nights. This Austrian duo lay down four storming slabs of syncopation, to be played as loud as possible.
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5,657
5.7K
Apr 25, 2006
04/06
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Leksha
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Key phrase: "order in chaos". Solid, crunchy, almost hip-hop-esque rhythms underpin the expansive glitches and pads on this EP from Russia, but a healthy dose of unpredictability is retained.
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14,964
15K
Jun 20, 2005
06/05
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Samarah
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Samarah serves up her unique brand of downtempo vocal glitchiness on These Things. Sublime clicks and scratches interwoven with blissfully narcoleptic vocals.
Topics: Electronic, IDM, Glitch, downtempo
3,777
3.8K
Apr 25, 2006
04/06
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Otsu.Vihara
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In which Andrew Latham, better known as Mayfairgrin, lets off some steam. From the blissful ambience of opening track "Psybuuria" to the thundering three-part epic "Narrow", and the varying degrees of what comes inbetween, Phearofobia is a study in harshness and relentlessness.
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2,236
2.2K
Jun 20, 2005
06/05
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Fever Asym
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Don't be fooled by the name: there's nothing rudimentary about First Soundscape Experiment. Fever Asym's ambient wanderings are melodic and atonal, beatless and rhythmic.
Topics: Ambient, Electronic, Ambient/noise
6,719
6.7K
Dec 12, 2005
12/05
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JapJap
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Seamlessly fusing elements of ambient and drum 'n' bass, this 4-track EP from the Netherlands is packed full of frantic breaks and instantly familiar synth hooks, but never hesitates to make room for blissful washes and pads. Like all the best music, "juxtaposition" is the key word. Delicate yet uncompromising.
Topics: Drum & Bass, Electronic, Ambient
975
975
Jan 23, 2004
01/04
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Introspective
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Covert Set by Introspective: something like Brian Eno meets the Dr. Who soundtrack. Gentle drifting ambient works to sit by, with the slightest touch of sci-fi.
Topics: Ambient, Ambient
3,360
3.4K
Nov 17, 2003
11/03
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Heath Yonaites
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comment 0
Rodomontade by Yonaites -- a fervent and complex collision of acoustic and electronic melodies and rhythms with enveloping sensibilities.
Topic: Experimental
8,976
9.0K
Feb 12, 2006
02/06
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Yuri Lugovskoy
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The latest Ukrainian artist to join our party presents three circling soundscapes. All of these untitled pieces are fascinating and unsettling to various degrees, with the repetitive chatter of "Track04" being particularly haunting.
3,954
4.0K
Nov 14, 2003
11/03
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Various Artists
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Nishi's darker side -- a love for experiments in sound. This Nishi sampler begins with Holzkopf's manaical feed-back hip-hop. Things get a little more resevered after this, with John Tennent's glich-tech 'Bad Mode 1' and the micro-melodies of Pino's the Frog's 'glitzbau.' Nex's 'overcoat one' features stripped down techno based exclusively on the samples of his winter jacket(!). The sampler finishes with Resound's brittle and sparkling 'digital towers' and foer's hypnoticly fragile 'august...
Topic: Experimental
732
732
Nov 17, 2003
11/03
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Vagskal
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Vagskäl's Cold playfully jitters around light and darkness, mixing cold drones and sparse percussion with bleeping melodies and sparkling pads for a curious listen.
Topic: Electro
7,512
7.5K
Nov 16, 2003
11/03
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Herotyc
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Direct from southern Spain, Herotyc offers us a carefully crafted set of tracks which skirt and skitter around the coastline. Inspired by Asian history, expect to be trasported through space & time with Cement-like Dreams.
489
489
Nov 17, 2003
11/03
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Foer
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Live at DV8 by Foer, a 72 minute live recording dating back from 1999, featuring a confusing barage of improv electronic and ambient music.
Topic: Ambient/noise
4,378
4.4K
Dec 17, 2003
12/03
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Line Noise
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Ancestral Oddity by Line Noise contains 8 tracks just short of a hour in length. Drum and bass vibes up against fragments of IDM and industrial influences creating an impressively involving release.
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Topics: Drum & Bass, Industrial, IDM
12,778
13K
Apr 25, 2006
04/06
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bject
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Proving that there's still goodness to be had from the humble vocoder, and that ICQ is a powerful medium of communication, this Brazilian duo give us nine tracks of irresistibly adventurous and ambitious pop music. Expect layers of bright electronics, alternating with uncompromisingly fuzzy guitars.
5,183
5.2K
Jun 17, 2006
06/06
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Pocka
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Brad Mitchell's new 3 track EP is a fine display of covertly tuneful ambient music. "Where The Deals Are Now" buries itself under fuzzy, sporadic outbursts; "Our Hell Is This Song" somehow avoids collapsing into a sea of distortion; "Moritzlaker" drifts between squealing feedback and pulsating hypnotism.
Topics: Electronic, Ambient, Abstract
6,451
6.5K
Dec 7, 2006
12/06
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Modul
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An astonishing concept driven album that traverses the spectrum of electronic music. Split into four groups of three tracks, with each group related to a cardinal point of the compass. These are lucid and complex compositions that travel between electro and ambient, with glitch flourishes.
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Topics: idm, electronic, chill, ambient
1,496
1.5K
Mar 8, 2004
03/04
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The Trotters
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Yu Nishibori & his friends are back, this time as The Trotters with Rupert Cogan from duodecimo(UK)-- an excellent follow-up to their previous album; slow & evocative sound-fields brimming with processed recordings and a host of other mysterious sounds.
Topics: Ambient/noise, Experimental
5,004
5.0K
Aug 29, 2006
08/06
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Sascha Müller
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A four part exploration of minimal house-like experiments. The rhythms are largely implied between the endlessly shifting pads and the interlocking layers of percussive elements.
3,014
3.0K
Oct 30, 2005
10/05
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Zirkulardynamik
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This 9-man juggernaut has already been tearing up the German festival circuit with their über-aggressive take on electronic industrial techno punk rock, and now they're here to do much the same thing on your hard disks. Angular guitars, relentless beats and synths, shouted vocals (auf Deutsch, natürlich), and even a didgeridoo battle it out for your frenetic enjoyment.
1,237
1.2K
May 13, 2004
05/04
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Eucci
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Based on recordings in lime kilns and forgotten tunnels found in and around Salt Lake City; humans are like mines.
Topics: Ambient, Avantgarde, Isolationism
2,975
3.0K
Sep 8, 2004
09/04
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Strinqulu
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A debut release for Strinqulu on Nishi - a compressed explosion of 8 tracks full of drones, clicks, lost melodies and scattershot percussion.
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Topic: Ambient
923
923
Nov 16, 2003
11/03
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Dick Richards
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Dick Richards, everyone's favourite Torontonian minimal house mastermind is kind enough to share his devious plans with us. Courtesy of raummusik, we've been able to intercept his 20 minute track Sabat, variations of which will be appearing on vinyl in the not-to-distant future...
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Topic: Minimal House
8,153
8.2K
Nov 16, 2003
11/03
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Hinterland
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Vancouver-based Hinterland was kind enough to let Nishi release some of their tumultuous post-rock (or whatever pigeonhole you want to cram this into). That's right, a real drummer, guitar, bass & even vocals.
Topic: Alt. Rock
19,026
19K
Jan 23, 2004
01/04
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Symphonic Stereo
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Do you need a heart? Remember those whispering vocals that you hear when you're half asleep? They're composed by Symphonic Stereo. Flowering highpass lyrics against a background of subdued electro-pop.
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Topics: Poptronica, Electropop
835
835
Mar 8, 2004
03/04
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Convurazio
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Convurazio makes his debut on Nishi with three miniscule and hyperactive tracks featuring frenetic electro-collage IDM with little respect for convention. (Original files: VBR Mp3s)
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Topics: IDM, Experimental
14,287
14K
Aug 30, 2007
08/07
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Cagey House
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Longtime member Cagey House returns to Nishi with a new 11 track release for us. "Model City" is a delightful album full of playful melodies in his distinctive style. Welcome back, Cagey!
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Topics: Cagey House, electronic, melodic electronica
13,327
13K
Sep 20, 2006
09/06
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RahMoonAhs and N!N!N!
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If you ever thought that electronic music ought to have more guitar solos, you are about to be vindicated. N!N!N!'s fretboard wizardry alternates between weaving among RahMoonAhs' intricate digital soundscapes and soaring above them, and the results are chaotic, eclectic and beautiful.
5,642
5.6K
Jan 27, 2007
01/07
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Samarah
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Following up on her recent contribution to Nishi 100, Samarah’s “Robots Smile Too” features self-contained bursts of glitch-pop and minimal techno with slinky bass lines and catchy melodies while maintaining her trademark sultry vocals, textural cuts and displaced beat sensibility.
Topics: Electronic, IDM, Glitch, Downtempo
991
991
Nov 17, 2003
11/03
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Holzkopf
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Live at the Sugar Refinery -- a live recording of a performance by Holzkopf that I was fortunate enough to be at. Maniacal distortion and feedback beats that you might even be brave enough to dance to.
734
734
Nov 17, 2003
11/03
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Murphy Luzod
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Murphy Luzod was kind enough to contribute a live recoding of his performance at last year's Open Circuits festival: Lament for Lost Beats. A shimmering spiral of tones and ever-so-subtle clicks.
Topic: Ambient/noise
960
960
Nov 17, 2003
11/03
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Omnid
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Omnid's Ceelek Curv consists of two haunting soundscape-based compositions based on field recordings and digital processing.
Topic: Experimental
707
707
Nov 16, 2003
11/03
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Zug Island
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Zug Island makes an appearance with a live recording: live at aspect. A broken-bit extravaganza of noise & beats -- imagine all the arcade games you played simultaneously run through a distortion pedal.
Topic: Experimental
2,091
2.1K
Nov 17, 2003
11/03
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Pino the Frog
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Miniatures - Pino the Frog's debut on Nishi with almost 24 minutes of complex ambience, elusive and full of micro-melodies which hover on the brink of perception. Defintely something you'll find yourself listening to numberous times to try catching it.
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Topic: Experimental
8,372
8.4K
Dec 17, 2003
12/03
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Bipolar Controller
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A 46 minute 9-track sampling of experiment-tinged IDM with numerous magnetic surprises.
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Topics: IDM, Experimental
22,927
23K
Jun 20, 2005
06/05
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Cagey House
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Cagey House is here to throw a Steel Tantrum. Playful (yet dangerous) slices of electronica that aren't afraid to shoot off on tangents in the name of experimentation.
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Topics: Electronic, Experimental, Melodic Electronica
3,370
3.4K
May 7, 2005
05/05
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Hibiscus
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Sparse (yet finely detailed) sketches placing the bass guitar at the center of enchantingly cyclic atmospheres. Not so much post-rock, as its distilled essence.
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Topics: Electronic, Post-Rock, Minimalism
2,631
2.6K
Nov 16, 2003
11/03
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DJ Aural
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Dj Aural makes an apperance on Nishi -- known to many in Vancouver for his hypnotic audio/visual performances. Enter this world offers up 9 tracks that aren't afraid to get their hands dirty in a sandbox of samples.
Topic: Ambient/noise
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Nov 16, 2003
11/03
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Jon Vaughn & Nuthre
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Catch Symbalisty -- an intricate labyrinth of unwavering abstract sounds from Jon Vaughn & Nuthre. Don't try and make sense of it.
Topic: Ambient/noise
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May 13, 2004
05/04
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M.A.S. Productions
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A four movement composition that brings up memories of early space-music with amnesia.
Topics: Ambient, Electronic
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Sep 8, 2004
09/04
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Herotyc
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Is it too cliché to utter the quote "Make love, not war" in the year 2004? Well, we plead guitly if so. Herotyc, a long-time Nishi arms inspector is back once again with this virtual whitelabel vinyl to drop a different sort of bomb on you. Four tracks of techie-techno for the final days of summer. (I sound like a DJ!)
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Topics: Electronic, Techno, Electro-Techno
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Sep 8, 2004
09/04
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Dynamic Interplay
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Dynamic Interplay (the alter-ego of M.A.S. Productions, whose work can be found on Nishi as well) was kind enough to share this astoundingly good recording of a live performance he recently did. Full of vitality and beautiful intricacies, these tracks prove for an extremely satisfying listen that proves electronic music is not exclusively the domain of laptop-based clicks and pops.
Topic: Electronic
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Dec 7, 2006
12/06
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Court of Hidden Faces
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Court of Hidden Faces, who some of you may remember from the Nishi 100 compilation, returns with a delicate 4 track release. The only sound sources for these tracks were an electric guitar, crackle from the amp, and a recording of rain. Slow-paced and hypnotic.
Topics: ambient, experimental, drone, textural
