{"id":698,"date":"2011-01-06T20:50:15","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T03:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vuzhmusic.com\/blog\/?p=698"},"modified":"2011-01-06T20:50:15","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T03:50:15","slug":"best-of-2010-plus-mystified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vuzhmusic.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/06\/best-of-2010-plus-mystified\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of 2010 PLUS: Mystified"},"content":{"rendered":"

My post detailing my favorite netlabel releases of 2010<\/a> was quite popular, and led to a lot of people discovering some cool music, which is one of my main goals, aside from promoting my own music. It is my humble opinion that all netlabel artists ought to have the same goal: namely to promote the stuff in the netlabel underground that they think is really great at the same time as they promote their own stuff. That way ALL of us benefit, both listeners and producers. Right? Right.
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\nWith this in mind, I am going to be focusing on each artist (hopefully-this will depend on if they want to participate or not) whom I reviewed in the best of 2010 post<\/a>, re-running the review I originally wrote, but I’m ALSO going to ask each of the artists reviewed to recommend a few completely FREE netlabel albums that THEY have enjoyed recently.
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\nWe’ll start off with Mystified<\/a>!
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\nThe original post read:<\/p>\n


\nMystified – A Pale But Lasting Hope
\nhttp:\/\/magnatune.com\/artists\/albums\/mystified-palehope\/<\/a>
\nMystified puts out a lot of good stuff, and then he puts out some fucking great stuff. This release falls into the latter category. Rattling percussion elements and zigzagging synthetics form imaginary sonic structures. Loops that fall out of sync. Among my top favorite things I’ve ever heard from this artist. Please note that this release is on Magnatune, and so it streams freely, but you need to pay a $15 fee before you can download (but then you can also download everything else in their catalog).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nI asked Thomas Park of Mystified to recommend a few albums that are completely free that you can download right now.
\nHere’s what he gave us:
\n–<\/p>\n


\n
\nSaluki Regicide– “The Shades To Appease”<\/a>
\nMusician extraordinaire C.P. McDill brings back his project “Saluki Regicide” in a totally awesome way with lots of samples and science fiction-ey touches.
\nhttp:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/wh143<\/a><\/p>\n

\n


\nRivers of Ashes – “Breaching the Fabric”<\/a>
\nSuperb instrumental dronescapes with lots of emphasis on mood and texture.
\nhttp:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/wh149<\/a><\/p>\n

\n


\nAltocumulus– “Household Apocalypse”<\/a>
\nA mature musical mind makes mayhem with ordinary household objects and a touch of synth.
\nhttp:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/Jnn115HouseholdApocalypse<\/a><\/p>\n

\n


\nTribe Of Astronauts– “Musick For Aerodromes”<\/a>
\nWeird and varied pieces with a connecting theme of desert mysticism. The tribe continue their eccentric journey.
\nhttp:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/eg0_029<\/a><\/p>\n

\n


\nFosel– “The Left Hand Of Darkness”<\/a>
\nThe excellent Fosel continues to evolve before our very ears with this great dark ambient \/ experimental release.
\nhttp:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/The_Left_Hand_Of_Darkness<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

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\nAlso, if you’d like, you are welcome to note that “A Pale But Lasting Hope” is now available on ITunes and all major services:
\nhttp:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/a-pale-but-lasting-hope\/id409595191<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nThere you have it!
\nThanks, Thomas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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