Free Music Collection: August 2010

As summer rolls along thankfully the free music does too. Befitting the weather outside, this month’s collection is still heavy on the looped lo-fi and synth tunes, but still has plenty of beats to satisfy those not headed to the beach for the weekend. I’m sure as the days get shorter we’ll see a drop off in the tropical bedroom jams but until then download a few, head outside and enjoy the soundtrack to sunshine.

I’d be remiss not to thank smokeDON’Tsmoke, No Modest Bear and Life:Aquatic for doing the dirty work of digging a lot of these up. They continually expose me to new artists.. I highly recommend checking them out.

I realize a library like this can be a bit overwhelming so if you need new music daily follow me on twitter @thinkorsmile. I post links there as they are discovered. Like me on Facebook if your not into twitter.

Make sure to check out my mixtapes which pull a lot from the free music found here. You can have a listen to the latest mix on the Soundcloud player in the upper right while your exploring. Enjoy!

Think or Smile | Free Music Collection: August 2010

SYNTH POP, CHILLWAVE & LO-FI BEACH JAMS:

• unouomedude – Marsh EP – lo-fi summertime pop.
• Monster Rally – Palm Reader – tropical surf pop.
• Wise Blood – ‘+’ – lo-fi drones of familiar sounding beats.
• Beat Connection – Surf Noir EP – sunny and hard hitting, waved out and tropical.
• Evenings – North Dorm EP– loopy glo-fi – the sound of an end to a long day.
• PEPEPIANO – Trash Castles EP – catchy psych pop.
• The Fruhstucks – Parade, I Don’t Care EP– experimental indiepop outta Spain. kinda chill yet kinda bouncy.
• Com Truise – Komputer Cast Vol. 1 | Vol.2 | current – more synth disco electro 80′s soundtracks.
• Kumon Plaza – Cliff – slowly moving 8-bit synth poptronic.
• AMDISCS mixtape – fuzzy electronic synthpop.
• Dream Boat – Fevers EP – heavy drone pop on repeat.
• Jaded Hipster Chior – Sticks EP – looped dreamy spacepop.
• Sumsun – Super Spacey Sunburnt Summer – title says it all.
• Kassette Klub – No Mundo sa Lua – late 60’s and early 70’s psychedelic music from North and South America.
• Dead as Digital – We Get By W/A Little Help – blogger compiled mixtape of recent lo-fi.
• Brian Gossett (since78) - Sun Fiesta– for a pool party.
• Brian Gossett (since78) - Black Water– summer and the lifestyle of living in a beach town.
• smokeDON’Tsmoke – Let’s get Together – summer tunes mixtape.

BEATS, HIP-HOP & MORE BEATS:

This section goes out to Mary Anne Hobbs for exposing the world to the beat scene.. your BBC show will be missed.

• TAKE – You Are I AM We Be – left fleld experimental, 80’s soul, and hard crunchy beats.
• DJ Kutmah – Throwing Stones (Stones Throw Podcast 61) – gritty hip-hop mixtape that’ll have your head noddin for 50 min.
• J Dilla – Donut Shop – it’s dilla, need I say more.
• Space Ghost – Ghostly EP & Wallflower EP (follow mediafire links under Influences) – beats in an atmosphere of chill.
• Dirty Science – Exile Radio Remixes – dirty hip-hop beats remixed.
• ProF – The Door – Lost World– turntable made off beat instrumental and vocal hip-hop.
• Greymatter – Mind over Matter – glitchy spaced dubstep hip-hop.
• Big Boi Mixtape for Dummies – early cuts with OutKast to a few songs he contributed guest verses to, all mixed together for your next bbq.
• Freddie Gibbs –  Str8 Killa No Filla mixtape – midwest hip-hop.
• Dam-Funk – The Future of Modern Funk – funky electronic beats, did I say funky?

ELECTRONIC & ECLECTIC:

• Various Assets – Not For Sale: Red Bull Music Academy London 2010 – a once-in-a-lifetime set of musical circumstances: collaborations between people who’d never met.
• Faux Pas - Vanderbilt EP – chopped up, dreamy future pop.
• Ra Cailum – Leaving EP – glitchy loops build to create oddly poppy soundscapes.
• Diplo – Chasing the Dragon (mix for pomp&clout) – 60′s rock psychedelia.
• Nonprojects | A Mix by Asura & Anenon (for Kitsune Noir) – West African and Caribbean polyrythms, vocal free jazz, endless electronics & filth.
• Niederflur – Kompakt Exclusive Mix – classic and new minimal techno.
• Magda – RA Podcast 215 (limited time) – old post-punk/disco/electro.
• Oval – Ringtone EP – electro-acoustic riffing full of angular, colliding guitar sounds.

AMBIENT & CHILL OUT:

• Shigeto – What We Held On To EP – a dollop of blown-speaker low end with a few elegantly disheveled vocal samples and liberal use of piano.
• Foxes in Fiction - Swung from The Branches – breathy and ethereal.
• Holy Spirits – The Afternoon Blood – floating and even lofty baroque pop.
• Wishyunu – A Day No How – pretty chill even for dream pop.

MISC:

• Summer Mix Series 2010 – piles and piles of summer mixtapes, seriously, piles – good luck.

If you’re feeling any of these artists show ‘em some love and go see them live. Or if you have any music to share hit me up on Twitter, Facebook or good old fashioned email.

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1. dope collection! good job!

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