Expand Your Musical Horizons- episode 49

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EXPANDIZONS – 49

uploaded 21 July 2009

Master Margherita is one of the many great artists in this episode, with a track from his new album, "Hippies with Gadgets"
Master Margherita is one of the many great artists in this episode, with a track from his new album, “Hippies with Gadgets”

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Starting with some heavy beats from Suhov, episode 49 combines some powerful trip hop and vocals with some ambient beats and downtempo grooves, and ends with a midtempo track.

Let’s look at some of these tracks. Merge of Equals is the latest artist to emerge with an album from SINE Records in Germany. The album, “Intoxicating,” releases on 24 July and you’ll be able to buy it from the usual suspects (iTunes, Amazon, and Beatport, for example). I hope you enjoy this track, “Hoshi No Namida,” just one of many good tracks on this album.

Celeste Lear joins us with “In the Middle,” from her first album, “The Echo Inside.” Celeste has two albums for sale on iTunes and through CDBaby, and she’s an integral part of Digital Bliss: with Divasonic, she co-produces compilations of women electronica artists. As you might imagine, I like this a lot. Celeste and Divasonic are going to do a special episode of “Expand Your Musical Horizons” in a couple of months.

The Warheads are back with yet another smooth track from their arsenal of great music. JRS tells me that they stopped naming their tracks, so this one is simply titled “06” and it’s from their album “Telstar 18,” which you can download from their website.

Elon, an Armenian singer who lives now in the USA, is featured here (courtesy of Ioda Promonet) with “Armenian Girl,” from his album “Temptation,” which is for sale on iTunes and other online sites.

Arthur Loves Plastic, a prolific and talented artist in Washington D.C., is back with “Bring in the Night,” from her newest album, “King Shag,” which you can also buy from iTunes. Arthur Loves Plastic was in an early episode of this podcast back in 2006, and it’s good to have her back.

I’m happy to say that we’re also featuring a track from Master Margherita, from his new album “Hippies with Gadgets,” which you can buy from him directly through his website. The track is called “Koto.” Master Margherita makes a lot of amazing music, both as a DJ and music compiler, and as a performer. Please take notice of his own podcasts. Thank you, Margherita, for your inspiration!

The Zengineers are featured here with a slightly older track “Les rites de passage,” from their album “Mental Maps for Large Territories,” on the id.eology netlabel in Germany. Phour Trakk, whose track “Spirit Cave” comes up next, is part of the Zengineers lineup.

Guitoud is new to this podcast, but I like his music a lot…this track, “Long & Far,” is from his release “I & I” on the wonderful Fresh Poulp netlabel in France.

Music Inside, from Canada, has a track here called “Pic du Midi,” which you can buy along with their album from Magnatune.com or some other online sites. Music Inside is made up of two talented and highly accomplished musicians …listen to the podcast announcements at the end to find out more.

And finally, the midtempo track comes from Arthur Oskan vs. Spiral into the Storm…it’s called “Sun Squall,” and it’s from their “New York City People” EP, which you can buy from iTunes. Thanks to Decibel Palace for this one. (Note: I mistakenly announced in the original version of this podcast that this track was released through Electronic Eel Records. This is incorrect.)

TRACKLIST:

  1. SUHOV – Érzékeli (from Lakótép, buy from Bandcamp)
  2. MERGE OF EQUALS – Hoshi No Namida (from “Intoxicating,” released on SINE Records. Buy from iTunes, Beatport, Amazon, or Bandcamp after 24 July 2009)
  3. CELESTE LEAR – In the Middle (from “The Echo Inside,” buy from iTunes, CDBaby)
  4. THE WARHEADS – Track 06 (from “Telstar 18.” Find some of their music on iTunes.)
  5. ELON – Armenian Girl (from “Temptation” – buy from iTunes, Amazon. Many thanks to Ioda Promonet)
  6. ARTHUR LOVES PLASTIC – Bring in the Night (from “King Shag,” buy from iTunes)
  7. MASTER MARGHERITA – Koto (from “Hippies with Gadgets,” buy from Bandcamp)
  8. ZENGINEERS – Les rites de passage (from “Mental Maps for Large Territories,” from ideology.de)
  9. PHOUR TRAKK – Spirit Cave (from “Slip into Something More Comfortable,” from ideology.de)
  10. GUITOUD – Long & Far (from “I & I,” from fresh-poulp.net)
  11. MUSIC INSIDE – Pic du Midi (from “Outside Forces,” buy from magnatune.com)
  12. ARTHUR OSKAN VS. SPIRAL INTO THE STORM – Sun Squall (from “New York City People” EP, buy from iTunes)

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If you enjoyed the track in this episode from Celeste Lear, here’s one of her music videos:

That’s it…keep enjoying your summer and…of course…stay chilled.