Black Sweater, White Cat

DariusGreene - Steampumpkin

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:30:02 PDT

Took a turn on SoundCloud and found this little ditty. Definitely a nice Halloween collectible. Take a listen and see if you have a place for it during the coming week leading up to the day itself.

Darius is from Chicago. He has this to say about his music posted at SoundCloud:

This is for the anchors which bind the sugar to the orange.
For summoning unseasonal titans to storm the calamity of drab hours, out of ether,
the cloud throned dumplings who give suck to fat breasted delight and unabashed waking -
the blimpy sprites who gratify each naked fig by imbibing their mistaken turns
into the cotton headed sighs of unloved mouse trap music.

We are glad to host some "fat breasted delight" here at BSWC.

DariusGreene - Steampumpkin

Steampumpkin by DariusGreene

Gurdonark - Rescue Fantasies

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:16:48 PDT

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday to you, Lisa Debenedictis.

Marking the happy day with this Gurdonark remix that highlights that birthday voice. Lisa has been featured on this blog and on the radio show many times and it gives me much pleasure to post again.

Gurdonark has also found favor on this site. Hey man, nice mix.

Gurdonark - Rescue Fantasies

Lee Rosevere - Trick Or Treat

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:43:50 PDT

Two posts in a matter of minutes after going almost a year in silent running.

I had to put this Lee Rosevere piece up to mark the season. Lee is a friend of BSWC and has been featured here in the past. I'm not sure when he put this one up at archive.org, but it is a good one.

"A stormy night pushes you to toward a huge and dark house belonging to the reclusive Dr. Slocum, a mysterious genius who converted a closed asylum into an evil labratory, where he hides from the world with his menage of monsters of science. But the ghosts that haunted the asylum are still there...

Once inside you hear ghostly pianos with no-one playing them, strange moans and cries of terror, floating spirits, dark and empty operating chambers, and more than one dungeon inhabited by abandoned 'experiments'..."

Enjoy.

Lee Rosevere - Trick Or Treat

Various Artists - Trick-Or-Treat Mix

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:40:37 PDT

Getting into the spirit of the holiday with some creatively common music. This is a Harald Walker mix from 2005.

Time to dress the feed up a little. I think the Japanese have a word for dormant blogs...something about rings on the pond. BSWC certainly has been dormant.

Various Artists - Trick-Or-Treat Mix

Update: I can't find the Japanese term. Help, anyone?

To Repel Ghosts- Silver Bells

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:51:12 PST

Here it is the first day of December and the Christmas spirit is upon some of us. A Black Sweater, White Christmas post seems appropriate.

This release is from a netlabel called The Plague of Dreaming. It is titled All is Calm.

Definitely a dreamy, mystical version of Silver Bells that should be destined for BSWChristmas infamy. Enjoy.

To Repel Ghosts- Silver Bells

Jasper Norda - Tomorrow you'll be forgiven but tonight you will have your teeth knocked out

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:03:03 PDT

Gosh, it seems to have turned into tomorrow. Here is a tune from the netlabel, 23 Seconds. This is a tune by Jesper Norda from a netlabel compilation, "A Shortcut Past The Fear" I suppose I should be more verbose on the blog, but I have already posted this tune on FaceBook. What the hell. Here it is with no more...

Jasper Norda - Tomorrow you'll be forgiven but tonight you will have your teeth knocked out

Olddog - Easy Killer (Dog Mix)

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:22:22 PST

This tune is an editor's choice from ccMixter that features the lovely voice of Lisa DeBenedictis. A lovely piece that is well-mixed.

spinmeister sez:

"oldDog wraps long time mixter favorite chanteuse Lisa DeBenedictis into an exquisitely crafted and comforting sonic blanket of mesmerizing patterns."

Olddog - Easy Killer (Dog Mix)

Ditto - Little Soldier

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:04:32 PST

Ok. BSWChristmas was a blast. I didn't want to leave, but you know...

Here is the song that was in my head all day. Yep. The Snowflake voice is working for me this season...this is going to be an important marker for the 2009 Christmas season for me. Snowflake at ccMixter. Oh, and count on a fantastic mix from Ditto. Thank you.

Ditto - Little Soldier

Black Sweater, White Christmas 2009

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:24:44 PST

Here is the playlist for tonight's Black Sweater, White Christmas program. It will air on the Mothership, WBCR-lp, 97.7 fm in Great Barrington, Mass at 9 pm Eastern.

You can also stream it live.

I'm excited to be back with another year of Creative Commons/Open Source Christmas music. We are under a Winter Storm Warning tonight, but I will be there to provide the audio cheer...

We'll try to post some of these tunes into the stream during the coming week. It's been a long time since the BSWC crew has been through it's paces. But, it's like riding a bike.

This year's playlist has a lot of ccMixter material. They the Mixter elves have been busy and there is a ton of great holiday music to be had at ccMixter.org. Thank you to one and all mixters.

BSWChristmas intro 2009 - die weihnachtshasser
Christmas Trees (Ain't Getting Shorter) - Kirkoid
BSWChristmas intro set 2009 - Chester
Merry Christmas Darling - Fudge
Bottle, Bugles, Bright Shinny Bells - Lushy
Bye Bye Snow (Hello Snow Version DOF remix) - Bobby Baby
Everything's Dead Pretty When it Snows - Pete Green
Kisses On Lips ( The Mistletoe Mix ) - Loveshadow
Peace on Earth - wellman
Gloria (angel mix w/DoKashiteru) - Snowflake
The Holly and the Ivy (Wintersea) (ft Lisa Debendictis - Gurdonark
My Little Soldier - ditto ditto
PEace (ft. Snowflake) - Loveshadow
Christmas Eve At Midnight - Lee Rosevere
song-jungle bells jupiter bells - bongolong
Dubbish Rubbish Christmas - morgantj
It Came Upon a Boogie Night - fourstones
Tannenbaum Balm, featuring Nebe ... 2:52 ccMixter Gurdonark
easter - iermoc
FilipinoChristmas - Frank Delima
Jesus Christ is Comin to Town - bongolong
Der Weihnachtsmann (BongiBong-Remix) - Die drei Lenöre
kommt kein weihnachtsmann - die weihnachtshasser

RubberDucky - Monday

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:08:47 PDT

Hot off the presses, Sketchbook by Rubber Ducky came through Jamendo a couple of days ago. This is not electronic, nor is it avant-garde, and definitely not pop; so a bit of a departure from many of my posts. You may think I am being a little heavy on Jamendo, but so many Creative Commons Licensed releases come through it that BSWC could probably be a podcast focused on Jamendo and not run out of interesting music.

Sketchbook is fun to listen to from start to finish. Real instruments, male and female vocals, lots of drums and guitar. I'd like to see Rubber Ducky live. However, there seems to be no information about the band anywhere. Certainly none on Jamendo. RubbyD please post some!

This tune is reminiscent of the Proclaimers (just a little) but with a great female vocal.

RubberDucky - Monday

DoKashiteru - 2025

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:07:34 PDT

Well, the pace continues and it was only a matter of time before our attention returned to ccMixter, the Creative Commons remix site. If you have visited and sampled the goods, then do yourself a favor and check this out. To start I went through the Editor Picks and very quickly found this track, timely, topical and downright excellent.

Noisy, raucous, rude and brilliant fun. Those krazy kids Do Kashiteru finds their groove and then dare you to get the hook(s) out of your head. Beneath all the flash bombs is a damn fine piece of arranging that despite gong-ing themselves, shows off a real talent.

fourstones

Ahh, time to dig in.

DoKashiteru - 2025

Roglok - Home Is Where The Trash Is

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:29:04 PDT

Hell, I forgot how much fun it is to hunt for CC music across the net. I love this one. It is a release by an artist called Roglok on a netlabel called upitup. The release goes by the name Out of disorder.

According to the release notes he turned in a monster set at a picknick date in Berlin. Is there video?

With his second album Roglok releases yet another insane masterpiece. It seems that the kid who designed our website has not only found his own sound (we call it hobby) but also brought it to perfection: gummy acid basslines over punchy dancefloor beats, that ridiculous melody you can't get out of your head, some gabber and techno. His legendary set at Picknick in Berlin turned the place upside down and made the hipsters lose their aloofness. You just have to dance!

Give this one a shot.

Roglok - Home Is Where The Trash Is

Pornophonique - Sad Robot

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:49:58 PDT

Following up on two themes, robots and Jamendo, here is a track that I've been listening to for quite some time and have neglected to post. Sad Robot is a track off of Pornophonic's 2007 release 8-bit lagerfeuer. It has lots of tasty components for me: 8-bit samples, robots, and catchy progressions. Also a good album cover -- we shouldn't judge a book entirely by its cover, but a good one is sure hard not to pick up in the first place.

A month after the initial release, Pornophonique released a cover album that remixes 8-bit lagerfeuer... also very good and available here.

Sad Robot, Pornophonique

Konsumprodukt - Divorcio Robot

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:28:57 PDT

Rumbero Elegante is the name of a release that first appeared in May, 2009. Konsumprodukt is a project of of Spanish based Alejandro Remeseiro that consists of quite a few delicious little bites. A little lounge, a little techno and little just say what...I was torn as to what to post, but you should feel free to go to archives.org and check out the entire release.

"Rumbero elegante" is obviously influenced by the styles and rhythms of Alejandros home country in the first place, but he adds some wicked twists and turns that clearly show his special view on music.

The netlabel Laridae released this one and I can't wait to see what else they've been up to lately.

Konsumprodukt - Divorcio Robot
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Amalfi - Do It Right

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:05:27 PDT

Jamendo.com is a fantastic source for free music covered by Creative Commons licenses. I need to make some time to get over to this Euro-resource, but BlocSonic has me covered for now. They released a compilation of ten artists that have posted their music at Jamendo this last May.

The compilation is called netBloc Vol. 21: opening your ears with jamendo.

BlocSonic has released over 20 compilations of net music with plans for two more coming in the next few months. They are doing great work and if you are looking for a mediated approach to collecting free music from the net this is a good starting point.

Two great sources in one post. Cool.

Amalfi - Do It Right

Happy Elf - Come Back

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:32:49 PDT

Wow. It has been a long time. Thanks to Subsystem for getting this started again.

When I decided to post something, the first thing that came to mind was Happy Elf...what is he up to these days? Well, WM Recordings has a release by the contented dutchman. Sex Machine was released in June and has this wonderful little tune.

More grooves, more lyrics and another guest vocalist: welcome to SEXMACHINE, a mini album filled with sounds of legendary synthesizers and dirty guitars.

The title track is not too shabby either, in fact, drop all five tunes into your hard drive for the complete experience.

There, that wasn't too hard.

Happy Elf - Come Back

The Butcher's Ballroom - Diablo Swing Orchestra

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:22:55 PDT

Originally released in 2006, The Butcher's Ballroom was added to Jamendo late this July, and we are all very lucky for it. The artist, Diablo Swing Orchestra (DSO), formed in Sweden in 2003 and is described as avant-garde metal. You will see for yourself whether this is an apt description. There is certainly something for everyone's ears. Multiple languages, voices, and instruments.

The Butcher's Ballroom is very well produced, exciting to listen to, and takes you on an all-too-speedy tonal journey from start to finish. DSO will release another album September 21st, called "Sing Along Songs for the Damned and Delirious" -- I just pre-ordered my copy.

I hope you download and enjoy the whole album, but here is the first track since I could not decide what to post:

Diablo Swing Orchestra - Balrog Boogie

Jap Jap - Coloured Cubes (Morgenfish Remix)

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:48:20 PST

This tune is from a six-track EP from Holland’s Jasper Boer, aka Jap Jap, in the form of ‘A Resonant Discovery’, including a remix by Dutch artist Morgenfish.

It seems to fit my mood at the moment, so I will post it.

Jap Jap - Coloured Cubes (Morgenfish Remix)

Alexi Virta - True Dwelling Place

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:52:52 PST

A tune from the Alexi Virta classic, Meets Tortsi at the Space Lounge. I haven't been around blogger to post recently so it is probably appropriate to go back to my netmusic roots to put up more Virta goodness.

This release is one of the most downloaded on archive.org and it is easy to see why. There hasn't been much in the way of follow-up from Alexi, but with this beauty out in the world we can be grateful.

Alexi Virta - True Dwelling Place

Black Sweater, White Christmas Playlist 2008

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:55:01 PST

1	Homemade Christmas Mashup via Freesound	Bilwiss, petrasound, troutstrangler, connum
2	TWasthenightbeforeChristmas
3	Christmas Eve At Midnight (Small Town Square)	Lee Rosevere
4	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Bobby Baby
5	Everything's Dead Pretty When it Snows	Pete Green
6	Bye Bye Snow (Hello Snow Version by DoF)	Bobby Baby
7	Xmas Waltz	Lushy
8	Kisses On Lips ( The Mistletoe Mix )	Loveshadow
9	Cedar's Christmas 2006 I
10	Christmas Is Interesting	Jonathan Coulton
11	joytotheworldexceptfortheforiegnworkers	nybbl
12	Martian Christmas	bongolong
13	WXRT - Xmas On The Moon	Gulag Picture Radio
14	song-martian invade	bongolong
15	Cheese Ball	Lushy
16	jingle bells	hardvoltnine
17	song-jungle bells jupiter bells	bongolong
18	FilipinoChristmas	Frank Delima
19	No Fly List	Lee Harris & The Good Time Charlies
20	Santas_Gone_Surfing_vbr
21	Podsafe Christmas Song	Jonathan Coulton
22	Cedar's Christmas 2006 I
23	song-rock ye merry, gentlemen	bongolong
24	Der Weihnachtsmann (BongiBong-Remix)	Die drei Len√∂re
25	die schildkr√∂te	die weihnachtshasser

Bongolong - Jesus Christ is Comin to Town

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:53:44 PST

A first I thought this was real, but I was talked down and now recognize it as ironic camp. I'm not sure when Bongolong posted this to archive.org, but the name of the release is A Bongolong Christmas 2004. (I'm pretty sure that it wasn't there before when I've put together past BSWChristmas shows).

Bongolong loves Christmas music!

The more interesting or weirder the better!! It's always been a dream to make my own Christmas music, taking those familiar melodies and giving them my own special twist.

Almost sounds like a mission statement for BSWChristmas.

Bongolong - Jesus Christ is Comin to Town

Black Sweater, White Christmas 2008

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:54:31 PST

Yep. On Wednesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve) at 1:00 pm Biotic and Subsystem will join for their third BSWChristmas. The playlist is coming together and promises to be very sweet, indeed. The show will be live on WBCR-lp, 97.7 FM in Great Barrington. The file will make it's way to this blog, promise.

Thanks to John Curley for the photo...

umami - Substance (Combustion Mix)

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:53:29 PST

This tune is from a 12rec compilation of reworked adcbicycle songs. adcBicycle is Matt Chisholm from Ottawa, Canada. According to the liner notes he apparently decided not to release a album's worth of material and asked friends to remix the stuff. The results are pretty cool.

This compilation was released on archive.org on September 11 this year. Lot's of great stuff. This is the tune that sat well with me.

Nice being with you again.

umami - Substance (Combustion Mix)

Dub One! - Wise Man’s Dub

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:26:56 PST

BlocSonic is continuing to release their compilations of excellent net music. As we have mentioned in the past, the NetBloc releases are the complete package with art, music, variety and information. All for the downloading.

The most recent release is netBloc Volume 18 (frais, fresco, frisch, fresh… mmmmmmmmmmm… good).

When I want to sample the latest sweet sounding net releases, BlocSonic provides an excellent sampling. Including this number from Dub One on the iD.EOLOGY netlabel.

Dub One! - Wise Man’s Dub

Owltree - Daylight is Not for Owls

biotic@mac.com (Biotic) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:05:43 PST

Some sounds for New Zealand for your pleasure. This release comes via the netlabel, Lo-Kiwi. I found it on the hiddenplace music blog.

The release is called Tender Pecking.

Many songs about owls. I like owls.

There are some excellent tunes on the release. I'm looking forward to spending more time with Owltree and Lo-Kiwi.

Owltree - Daylight is Not for Owls