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The tracks cover a variety of genres and artists from electronic and instrumental through to drum & bass and rock. Please listen to and download any of the tracks below for use with your short film. To listen to a track on a PC double click and the track will launch in your usual music player. To download right click and choose Save Target As... On a Mac, to listen click once. To download hold down Ctrl key and click Download then Download Linked File...
I Heart Lung - Interoceans I
Asthmatic Kitty
I Heart Lung is the musical gestalt of guitarist Chris Schlarb and drummer Tom Steck. Formed in 2004, they have featured alongside HEALTH, Abe Vigoda and No Age in the documentary film 40 BANDS/80 MINUTES! In 2008 the group released Interoceans on Asthmatic Kitty Records.
Dolby Anol - Puppies (Blende Remix)
Back Yard Recordings
Dolby-Anol are 2 boys from Glasgow, Scotland. If you are super smart you can pronounce it DOLBY ANAL.
They make Electro, House, Acid, Experimental, Wonky stuff and they play it from their apple hard-disks into some loud speakers facing some people who dance to it sometimes.
Paul Marshall - Greenfly
Bella Union
Greenfly is the amazing debut single from singer songwriter Paul Marshall’s evocative and emotionally dense debut album Vultures.
Araya - The Mast
Benbecula Records
Hailing from Edinburgh, Araya is the solo work of the Inverness born electronica producer Keir MacCulloch. In support of his new album, The Bridge of Hesitation, Araya has been launched onto the live circuit, supporting the likes of The Orb, Herbaliser, Long Range, Phil Hartnoll, Silicone Soul, Christ., Ochre, and Genaro to name just a few.
Christ. - Happyfour Twenty
Benbecula Records
From an early age Christ. has been a musician. Since his first solo release proper in 2002, he has proved to be as individual and creative as the next guy, forging a unique path of musical beauty that escapes derivation. Christ. has released a string of releases on Benbecula Records since 2001 and in 2003 he played a live session for John Peel on Radio 1, culminating in the first known encore request from the man himself!
Genaro - Walk Into The Sun
Benbecula Records
Genaro are a four piece band from Carluke, Scotland. They released their debut album, "Genaro", in 2007. Genaro's sound mixes wall of sound guitars with uplifting vocals and poetic lyrics.
Speech Debelle - Searching (Instrumental)
Big Dada
The first thing about Speech Debelle that strikes the ear is a contrast. Searching is her debut single, and a perfect example of the offbeat, folky production that will litter the forthcoming album on Big Dada.
Charles Campbell-Jones - December
Bronzerat
Psychedelic prog twisting melodies from this Australian delivering morbid sexuality and a provocative nasty edge. His music combines serious artistic ambitions, beauty and no- nonsense rock and roll.
To Arms Etc. - Berries (Instrumental)
Bronzerat
To Arms Etc’s sound is at once high-brow and dumb-ass, recalling the work of Roxy Music, Of Montreal and Spiritualized, with a touch of Van der Graaf Generator lurking in the background. They will release their debut album, Corner Games, through Bronzerat Records in January 2009.
Mt. Wilson Repeater - Basketball Song
Chemikal Underground
With his eponymously- titled debut, Jim Putnam steers Mt. Wilson Repeater through a mostly instrumental landscape of glitchy electronica, strummed acoustics and rippling pianos at times reminiscent of Moby or Air
The Phantom Band - Burial Sounds
Chemikal Underground
The Phantom Band are a Pan-Scottish, six-man dionysiac who pull in six different musical directions: their debut album ‘Checkmate Savage’ is where Captain Beefheart meets Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Neu! meets Nick Cave. The result is truly special, bringing to mind the beat savvy of The Beta Band and the other-worldliness of Super Furry Animals.
Vessels - Yuki
Cuckundoo Records
Vessels are a 5-piece alternative rock band from Leeds, UK. Debut album, White Fields and Open Devices, showcases the range of music that the band have been honing in their incendiary live sets since their inception in 2005. Their mix of influences has brought comparison with the likes of Battles, Radiohead, Sigur Rós and Explosions in the Sky.
Motormark - The Beat
Digital Hardcore Recordings
Inspired staccato bursts of guitar driven by drum machines enhanced by bleeps and distortion, result in an adrenaline rush of melodic punk that lifts the spirit and puts a smile back on your face. From the album Chrome Tape
Panic DHH - Reach
Digital Hardcore Recordings
Formed in 2002 by Robbie Furze and Antti Uusimaki. Rooted in punk and metal, combined with industrial and experimental electrinca influences. Generated organic noise layered with programmed processed drums mixed with guitars and electonics.
Patric Catani - C.A.L.M.
Digital Hardcore Recordings
A pause in the digital storm, the bleeps per minute slow down for a moment before the final onslaught. From the concept album The Horrible Plans Of Flex Busterman, created for a non-existent video game.
Alec Empire - On Fire (The Hellish Vortex Club Remix Alternative Version)
Eat Your Heart Out
Alec Empire, as leader of Atari Teenage Riot and in his own right, has released over one hundred records ranging across many genres but always pushing at the barriers of contemporary music. This electro track is taken from his On Fire EP.
Alec Empire - NY Summer Part 2
Geist
Alec Empire, as leader of Atari Teenage Riot and in his own right had released over one hundred records ranging across many genres but always pushing at the barriers of contemporary music. This track is taken from the Generation Stars Wars album.
Tatsuhiko Asano - Genny Haniver
Geist
Background electronics build up sophisticated rhythms while Asano's intricate guitar picks out bittersweet melodies. Asano cites his influences as acts as broadly differentiated as Can’s Holger Czukay and Public Image Ltd. to soundtracks by Ennio Morricone and Jack Nitzshe plus the themes from legendary sixties and seventies Japanese TV shows like “Rocky Chack,” “Kamui Gaiden” and “Lupin the 3rd.” The great quality of this work is Asano’s unifying of so many disparate elements into a unique whole. This is a rare achievement and evidence of real talent. Asano’s fusion is a layered masterpiece. Both tracks from the album Genny Haniver
Cranes - Worlds
Mute Song
Cranes are a compelling and enigmatic band formed in Portsmouth by unique vocalist/lyricist Alison Shaw and her multi-instrumentalist brother Jim. Six albums with local label Dedicated won them fans world-wide and a Melody Maker cover along with a spot supporting The Cure on world-wide tours. Since then they have recorded a further three albums on their own label Dadaphonic.
Fonda 500 - The Sounds Sound Warmer When The Sounds Are Shared With You
Mute Song
Fonda 500 are a highly individual, exuberant, unpredictable and indefinable five piece band from Hull who have recorded six albums since the year 2000 surprising listeners with beautifully tender moments of melancholy and pathos.
Daedelus featuring Michael Johnson - Fair Weather Friends
Ninja Tune
Alfred Darlington isn’t your average cookie-cutter musician. From how he looks (early Victorian Dandyism), to how he makes music, to how he expresses himself and views the world, he is as individual as he is prolific, making seven albums in six years.
Balao - My Only Face
Play To Work
A 3 piece inteli-folk band from Newcastle, Balao incorporate soaring melodies, breathtaking harmonies and sweeping storytelling-lyrics. Coupled with the use of unconventional instruments such as the flamenco guitar and cajon, their music makes for an unforgettable experience
The Dudes - Good Intentions
One Four Seven Records
The Dudes are a Canadian indie rock band, formed in 1996 in Calgary,
Alberta. The Dudes are legit. They make rock songs that come from the most closely gaurded vaults of the emotional banks. They tell stories of love gained and lost, knife fights, cops and kindness.
Wintersleep - Dead Letter And The Infinite Yes
One Four Seven Records
2008 has been a good year for Wintersleep of Yarmouth Nova Scotia, winning of the Juno Award for Best New Group and Much Music Award for Best Independent Video. Their sound is emotive, intense and layered, yet undeniably melodic.
1990s - Everybody Please Relax
Rough Trade
1990s are an indie rock three-piece band from Glasgow, Scotland who have supported Babyshambles and Franz Ferdinand as well as releasing their debut album Cookies in 2007. They are currently putting the finishing touches to their second LP, from which this track is taken, to be released in Spring ’09.
The Veils - Sit Down By The Fire
Rough Trade
The Veils are a London based band, fronted by lead singer/songwriter Finn Andrews. The group recorded their second album Nux Vomica at Underbelly Studios in Los Angeles, with producer Nick Launay in 2006. And have just finished their third, from which this track is taken, due for release in 2009.
Le Sarge En Board - Through The Robot Chicken Shed
Rotters Golf Club
Sidney Le Sarge: AKA Le Sarge En Board - Debonair and distinguished DJ for Lower Than I Can Remember and familiar face on many a film set. This track strays into spooked avant-house territory. Taken from the 2008 album Andrew Weatherall Vs. The Boardroom.
R3mote - You Took The Words
Rotters Golf Club
Prepare to be drawn into the murky world of R3mote: razor-sharp infectious hooks and aching melodies binded by a surreal, sinister futurist energy. Unique, twisted, sensuous and dark electropop for the two thousands.
Two Lone Swordsmen - Glories Yesterday (Instrumental)
Rotters Golf Club
This filthy medly of blues, rock n roll and electronica is available for the first time sans the vocals. Glories Yesterday is one of the most poplular tracks from Two Lone Swordsmen's album Wrong Meeting II.
Criteria - Prevent The World
Saddle Creek Records
Criteria is Omaha- born law school- educated Stephen Pederson. Having released his first album, En Garde, Saddle Creek are poised to release his second album, When We Break, imminently.
Neva Dinova - Clouds
Saddle Creek Records
Label- and state- mates to Criteria, Neva Dinova’s melancholic demeanor and poetic lyricism will be given a chance to grow through their next album, You May Already Be Dreaming, despite singer Jake Bellow’s temporary eardrum blowout brought on by a barroom tussle.
Bastila - Ghosts
Sunday Best Recordings
In 2007, though in their infancy as a band, Bastila were rated as one of the ten things not to miss at the Isle of Wight festival. Bastila have since been beavering away in an Oxford studio with Mark Gardener of the band Ride on production, honing the band’s mixture of jump up Two-Tone and Radiohead-esque atmospherics. Debut album due out in early 2009.
Fear Of Theydon - Pastis
Sunday Best Recordings
Julian (F.O.T) started off as a lowly tea-boy for Rob da Bank's Sunday Best Label. One day he slipped a few of his bootlegs onto the Sunday Best stereo and a couple of ears pricked up. He has gone on to DJ around the UK, host his own Ministry of Sound radio show and continues to produce remixes and his own material…
volcano! - Africa Just Wants To Have Fun
The Leaf Label
Chicago trio volcano! released their audacious debut album Beautiful Seizure in 2006 and subsequently were voted the #2 album of the year by readers of Drowned In Sound. Their second album Paperwork was released in 2008, further enhancing the band's reputation as a unique, no holds barred outfit in pursuit of their own densely layered sound.
Wildbirds & Peacedrums - I Can't Tell In His Eyes
The Leaf Label
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Mariam Wallentin and Andreas Werliin have forged an extraordinary form of spiritual pop, primal blues and ecstatic soul music. Their debut album, Heartcore, received rave reviews and their second, The Snake, is released in 2009.
Colman Brothers - Sem Amor
Wah Wah 45s
Wah Wah 45s slip you another length of latin/jazz pressure from those Colman Brothers! As you should already be aware, brothers Mat and Andrew Colman have been writing together for the last seven years. Their music combines traditional latin and jazz flavours with contemporary beats and the kind of horn power you´d expect from this duo of brass masters.
Euros Childs - Go Back Soon
Wichita
Euros Childs released his first album, as a founding member of Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, back in 1993. Gorky's split up in 2003 and since the split, Euros has released four albums under his own name on Wichita Recordings (the first "Chops" in early 2006). His most recent album, "Cheer Gone" was recorded in Nashville with Mark Nevers (Bonnie Prince Billy, Silver Jews etc.)
Sky Larkin - Molten
Wichita
Following two singles on Dance To The Radio, deftly-wonderful Yorkshire trio, Sky Larkin, release their debut album "The Golden Spike" in early 2009 on Wichita Recordings. Already lauded by the likes of NME, BBC’s Huw Stephens and Steve Lamacq and Drowned in Sound, and having toured with Los Campesinos!, Conor Oberst, Broken Social Scene and many others the Larkin are a key band to look out for as they aim for world domination in 2009.
The Cromagnon Band - Badgers
Miscellaneous
The Cromagnon Band are a four piece progressive jazz/funk act based in London, featuring flute, saxophone, rhodes, analogue synthesizers, drums/percussion and bass. They have a moody, cinematic sound and a head-nodding back beat, with influences from various early 70's European psychedelic jazz and rock bands and sound tracks.