etherdiver

etherdiver, 1 day ago

@dgar @announce @vote hey I'm thinking of doing a little fedivision special edition of my weekly music write-ups... Would you mind if I wrote about this track for it?

etherdiver, 17 hours ago

@limebar @artfed

😮 😅

etherdiver, 1 day ago

Christian Pacaud – 2021

Lush, organic and cinematic, this is the sound of #jazz crashing into post rock while the ghost of #prog looks on with approval. Twisty, unusual rhythms and interesting harmonic movement realized by an array of impressive musicians, including both traditional rock/jazz players but also strings and more. Sounds like someone made a movie out of the weirdest dream you ever had and this is the score.

@cpacaud

https://mirlo.space/cpacaud/release/2021-1

@experimentalmusic
#PostRock #OPM

etherdiver, 1 day ago

Key 13 – Sea · Sky · Clouds

Opening with a dense, layered breakbeat/IDM track overlaid with a poem, some field recordings of surf and some pitched percussion, this reads like a modern take on turn-of-the-century electronica (maybe something like Mouse on Mars, or perhaps a more hyped up Banco de Gaia), which is a fun sound that I haven’t heard in a minute. Of interest to anyone who thinks that electronic music took the wrong fork circa 2002 or so.

https://key13.bandcamp.com/album/sea-sky-clouds

@keefmarshall

#OPM

etherdiver, 1 day ago

Moule – “Kaizopocalypse”

Happy hardcore meets #chiptune in an old-school platformer! At least until it takes a turn into something else– and then launches into yet another direction 30 seconds later. A high-energy trip thru some groovy old-school sounds, energetic rhythms and a lot of different ideas that'll please you ADHD types who find it hard to get thru 5 minutes of a single style. Utterly charming and never a dull moment.

@MOULE

https://moule.bandcamp.com/track/kaizopocalypse

#OPM
#HappyHardcore

etherdiver, 1 day ago

Stefan Bohacek – “Secret Places”

I’m not up enough on the current dance music scene to slot this into a genre, but it clocks in at 120 bpm or so, has some pretty snappy drums and a gorgeously lush arrangement full of sweeping synth sounds, ear-catching vocal stabs and other warm timbres. The vibes are sort of progressive, even trancey, but at a deep house tempo. A well-produced dance track that I wouldn’t be sad to hear out clubbing.

@stefan

https://soundcloud.com/stefanbohacek/secret-places?in=stefanbohacek/sets/mixtape

#HouseMusic #OPM

etherdiver, 1 day ago

Crow’s Labyrinth – Consolation

#Ambient music created entirely with a bass guitar and effects, you say? Oh, and it’s largely improvised live, without overdubs? Wipe that doubt away, this works quite well! Opener (and title track) “Consolation” is a mournful dirge of an ambient drone that expresses the vibe of its name well via sliding tones and a powerful sonic presence; the rest is an equally ambitious take on the same base (bass) elements.

@CrowsLabyrinth

https://crowslabyrinth.bandcamp.com/album/consolation

#OPM

etherdiver, 1 day ago

@stefan you bet! Would love to chat at some point about what is going on in house music these days!

etherdiver, 1 day ago

And that's it for this week! Remember to listen to these if the writeup intrigues you (musicians live and die by listens, not nice things random writers say), and support these artists with favs, follows and finances (if you can spare it).

If you want a permanent archive, where I have a bit more to say about all of these acts, you can find that here:

https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/05/17/opm-four-flavors-of-electronic-and-one-weird-trip/

And if you'd like to check out my music, you can find that here:

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/

etherdiver, 1 day ago

Next week I'm doing a special #Fedivision version! If you're a mutual who's submitted a Fedivision track and want some coverage, HMU and let's make that happen.

If you enjoyed my writing, and want to buy me a coffee, you can do that here:

https://ko-fi.com/etherdiver

Or, get something for your money and buy some of my music!

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/

etherdiver, 1 day ago

@CrowsLabyrinth for sure! Appreciate what you're doing. It's nice to see some different approaches in the ambient/drone space.

etherdiver, 1 day ago

@lns absolutely not. Thinking this is possible is a profound misunderstanding of the creative mind.

etherdiver, 1 day ago

@lns most creative people create things not as a product but because they have a drive to create: a lot of times the final product is almost incidental.

Doing creative stuff for your job is rarely an actual expression of your creativity, even if it requires some element of creativity.

Will creative people cheat and use AI for their jobs? Maybe, if it ever gets to the point where it doesn't suck. Work is work, after all.

Will they stop being creative for creativity's sake? Absolutely not.

etherdiver, 5 days ago

@teodragos well it was a nice vacuum...

etherdiver, 5 days ago

@mxtthxw 🙏

etherdiver, 5 days ago

Enjoy the writing, make sure you actually listen to the ones that sound intriguing and, of course, support these artists with your follows, favs and, if you can afford it, your finances.

If you do like the writing and/or need more new music, you can find more on my site with the #OPM tag. If you really like the writing, you could always buy me a coffee:

https://ko-fi.com/etherdiver

Or just check out/buy some of my music:

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/music

etherdiver, 6 days ago

@endlessblue I find it useful and inspiring to do it a little differently each time myself, Keeps things fresh!