Here is what Bluejooz says about it it :

Fighting Breast Cancer… with Ambient music.
The Ambient Collective are proud to present to you “Pure”.

This is our first ever Charity release and it is for “Breast Cancer Research”.

“Pure” has been released under our “Honesty Policy”.

We cannot force anyone to give money… nor can we accept your money directly.
What can offer though is a link where you can donate if you wish to.

All proceeds will go to The Breast Cancer Research.

One in nine women will suffer with breast cancer…

Think about it.

So please listen and download the record “Pure” and make a donation to thank the artists hard work and help fighting breast cancer.

And, yes, spread the word !

This “Project 101010″ looks a little bit mysterious and Jean Michel himself is publishing a teasing each day before the show to make us guess what’s going on !

Knowing the man, it could be anything but I would just bet on a live show on the internet. Anyway, go to the project page on his website to see the already published videos and keep you up to date.

Jean Michel Jarre Project 101010

“Colonization” is really a great record, something between Electronica and Ambient (it is stated “Experimental Ambient Electronica” on the press release and that’s perfect description), a subtle mix between very calm atmospheres and some rhythms.

Chris Harvey is remarkably crafting 18 different ambiances, in a very unusual format, where tracks are short (1 to 5 minutes), delivering the heart of each song in a very straight forward way, not really usual for the Ambient genre.

From the press release :

‘Colonization’ continues to move his unique style forward, providing further melodic and sonic refinement to produce music from “the retro-future that may yet come to pass”, promising to be a treat for avid fans and those who prefer their electronic music to be aimed at their frontal lobes.

Cool stuff.

Visit the artist website : Chris Harvey “Colonization” & buy the record.

Hi all, long time no post, but I am definitely around now, after moving to south of France !

Yesterday thx to a friend journalist I was invited to see Jean Michel Jarre live in Nice. Just wanted to say for those in Europe that will have the opportunity to see him (see dates that are coming) that it was a great show !

This year, unlike some of the big events he as done in the past, Jarre is playing small places, with 3 other musicians, really live, on some of the most legendary synths of all time !

I’ve seen a Moog Modular, Theremin, Moog Liberation (incredible solo from Jean Michel), CS-80v, ARP …etc. Impressive, a museum !!

Not really “ambient”, but worth the money for any Electronic and Synthesizer addict !

I’ve forgot my real camera (sorry for the very bad photo of JMJ with the Liberation) but there is some great pics on Jarre Official Blog.

“Tepidarium” is a complete and free album to download in MP3 format, it is the second from Tangram, the first one was “Aura” another great release.

This record is very old Berlin school style, with lots of analog sounds and sequences… The tracks are reasonably shorts, if you except the 10 minutes masterpiece “Well tempered humidity” a song in the pure style of Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream.

The quality of the record is top, not pure ambient, but very cool and relaxing sequencer music.

One of the masterpiece of the year… and a free mp3 download !

A message from George I just relay here :

Dear Ultima Thule listener,

You may have noticed that we have not updated our podcasts for the past 6 weeks.

This is due to an impending relocation of our website to a new, improved web hosting provider.

Ultima Thule has been making available podcasts of our weekly broadcasts since May 2005; we were in fact among first radio shows to be podcast anywhere in the world.

In January 2009 we doubled your weekly dose of Thule, by progressively releasing available programmes from our 20+ year archive as part of our podcast feed.

As a consequence our global audience has grown to such a phenomenal extent that our current web hosting provider is no longer able to handle the traffic volumes that we’re generating.

We have identified an alternative provider, who is capable of sustaining our growth well into the future, and are in the process of relocating our site and associated mp3 programme archive to them – however this is a very time-consuming process, and as UT is an entirely not-for-profit, volunteer-run enterprise, we cannot achieve this without some disruption to our service.

It’s also a very expensive process, which will increase our hosting costs tenfold.

Our service with our current provider will terminate at midnight Australian Eastern Summer Time on 30 October 2009, and it is likely that our website (and email) may be completely offline for up to 2 weeks after that date, while we complete the transition to our new provider.

When we return, the current backlog of podcasts will be fully updated.

During our period offline I would ask you to consider making a financial contribution to Ultima Thule, to show your appreciation for the many years worth of free entertainment that we’ve provided you to date, and to help us defray the significant increase in hosting costs we will now be incurring in order to continue that tradition into the future.

Donations may be made via PayPal to the following account:

information@artdecoworld.com

Thank you for your support… and – as always – thanks for listening.

Regards,

George Cruickshank
Nev Dorrington
Marc Cottee
Jon Shapiro

Ultima Thule Ambient Music
www.ultimathule.info

For their Free Music Friday this week, they just went mad with their readers:

They offer 500 (yes ! 500 !) electronic music tracks that you can listen on line and download !

Here is what they say :

It’s Free Music Friday at Synthtopia – so I ask you this:

How much free music do you want to download today?

* 10 tracks?
* 50 tracks?
* 500 tracks?

It’s time to make sure you’ve got some empty hard drive space, because Synthtopia readers have uploaded over 500 electronic music tracks that you can listen to online and, in most cases, download for free.

We’re talking ambient, techno, symphonic electronica, IDM, not-so IDM, abstronica, DJ mixes, remixes, downtempo electronica and more from some the most talented electronic musicians in the world.

Now what I say is : Go to The Free Electronic Music Motherlode and listen and download !

ps: You will notice they’ve used the SoundCloud more and more popular platform for this operation…

Prior to launching the full album, Numb just released a single, “Boot Sector” that you can listen on their mySpace page.

The 3 tracks (‘Boot Sector”, “System Restart”, “Why”) are very good, but the title song, “Boot Sector” is a killer, one of the best Ambient track of these past weeks. it is very cool and warm, yet you have things happening and that wonderful melody, a great one that reminds Vangelis…

Go and give it a go, here is the link to buy the record at The Void.

Here is an excerpt :

“Binary Scenes” is the debut release by San Francisco Bay Area electronic artist, Atomic Skunk. Atomic Skunk’s music features “artful melodies with cinematic moodiness” and has been described as “Very meditative” and “Zen-like” with some “chaotic and dark elements/rhythms.” The album, Binary Scenes was recorded entirely with Ableton Live in Marin County, California and features 8 fresh and original tracks that “force a headspace of chill and peacefulness.” “Binary Scenes” is available now at iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp and CD Baby.

Take your browser to the Atomic Skunk website to discover this album !

Brian Eno said “It’s like “Music for Airports” made endless…”

At $1,99 if you have an iPhone you should give it a try…

(source: Synthopia)