|
Fidelium is an electronic musician est. 2004. His cross-genre music features epic chord progressions, driving rhythms, and innovative melodic lines. For more information go to About>Biography. You can also stream his tunes from the player on the right too! |
|
Things I are currently hearing at and look forward for
AUTECHRE - "OVERSTEPS"
2010 is a great year for music already. Easily better than last year. I've heard so many albums released this year that are just fantastic. Autechre's Oversteps is coming out on the 23rd of March and judging from the Youtube previews I've watched it sounds like it's going to be amazing. Man, I love IDM, or whatever it's called. These guys are musical pioneers, I demand anyone reading this to download/retrieve a copy this album upon its release on March 23rd. I mean just look at the cover:  This level of minimalism is such a contrast to the complexity of their music. I've been looking forward to this release since WARP announced it, and it sounds like I won't be disappointed. I'm by no means a fan boy of Autechre, let alone anything, but what I do get excited about is fresh, new, amazing music, and this is going to be cycling on my computer for a long time.All right, now that I'm done circle jerking all you braindance freaks, I now segue this conversation by mentioning that I love free music. I run a label/forum that boasts its output of great electronic music, all completely free. I even released an album on New Years Eve for free. Sure, it's cool to charge sometimes (probably most of the time, I don't want to serve/bartend for the rest of my life), all musicians need to make money, but there is a certain type of beauty that I attribute with the fact that something is free. It's like the musician is saying, "I made this music, I put a lot of effort into making it and the only thing I expect in return is for you to listen to it with open ears." Eat your heart out, ASCAP. That said I want to point you to one of my favorite albums of the year, so far, and it is completely free... ZXYZXY - "C.A.B.  "Man I love this guy. ZXYZXY is consistent. Consistently good, consistently emotional. His music conveys so much, and it feels like he gets the exact message across that he wants you to hear, especially in his latest album. Released only a couple of weeks ago, this has been on constant rotation in my winamp. As he told me, this is the type of album that draws you in. It's listening music, it will grab you by the hair and rip you away from whatever you are doing and force you to listen. I'm not sure if it made him very happy when I told him this but this album has a very Explosions in the Sky/Godspeed You! Black Emperor/Mogwai sort of feel. I mean that as a compliment since all of those bands mean a lot to me. Also, releasing your music in FLAC form gets a double thumb raise. Download ZXYZXY's "C.A.B." here. CANDLE NINE - "MUSE IN THE MACHINE" Of course, not all good music is free (and not all free music is good :D). I just received Candle Nine's latest and debut album from Tympanik Records (residence of Access to Arasaka, another project I've been listening to lately). It's... pretty. Lots of beautiful string arrangements, dark drum patterns, and glitched out beats. It's driving and mental at parts, then slow and sentimental at other parts, "sonically balanced" as someone once put it. It's just as much as a journey as C.A.B., just less organic and more futuristic sounding. Modern sci-fi flick quality. Worth the money you would be spending on getting wasted tonight anyway. Sit down, huff some glue out of your junk drawer, maybe break out the celebratory cough syrup from the cupboard, couple of shots of Listerine should help get you in the mood too, then put this  album on and you'll TRIP BALLS. Especially on "Penumbra" and "Raison D'etre". Stellar tracks. This is pure energy, worth every cent and then some. Order Candle Nine's "Muse in the Machine" here. OTHER SHIT I ARE CURRENTLY HEARING 16 Bit (Dubstep) Especially "In the Death Car EP" and "Chainsaw Calligraphy" Feldmaus (Ambient) Broken Note (Dnb/Dubstep) Anodyne Industries (Dubstep) Sytrjv (IDM) Shugo Tokumaru (Indie) Nosaj Thing - Drift (Electronic) Massive Attack - Heligoland (Trip-Hop and what-not) Wisp Bleeding Heart Narrative - This Octopus Is Going To Eat Your Face (How can you not download this?) That's all you get for now. Check back often. New music of my own is in the works. However, I was accepted to San Francisco State University as a composition major. We'll see how that goes... it just means I will be going through a major move/life change later this year. I'm still making music, just extremely busy with a lot of crazy things right now. Thankfully, everything is going great. Broccoli, Fidelsticks  P.S. My studio has gotten a little better since my first post here... picture on the right. As you can see I no longer am sitting on the ground staring at a CRT monitor that is resting on a milk crate. However, my nice hand-built monitors are sitting on top of Tom Clancy/Tom Wolfe books, since that is all they are really good for these days. Cheers! Fidelium - Believe Me This Is Home EP (FREE DOWNLOAD!) Fidelium // Believe Me This Is Home EP (2004-2009)DOWNLOAD HERE (57.3mb ZIP MP3 320kbps) Believe Me This Is Home features epic chord progressions, driving rhythms, and innovative melodic lines, building up and down in intensity. Normally placed in the IDM category, this album also draws influence from ambient, breaks, classical, film music, and rock. Enjoy! - Fidelium DOWNLOAD HERE (57.3mb ZIP MP3 320kbps) //Tracks// 1. How To Mic A Smile (4:57) 2. Peace Rest In Peace (3:34) 3. Holographic Field Shimmers Waves (6:25) 4. Fibrillated (4:34) 5. What's The Point In Waiting (4:00) 6. Believe Me This Is Home (4:27) (27:57) //Credits// All music written, recorded, mixed, and mastered by: Wayne Baker Cover Art: “Robot Head, Robot Hand” by Matt Sesow. Copyright 2004 by Matt Sesow. Used with permission. Full credits page THIS ALBUM IS FREE BUT SUPPORT ME THROUGH DONATION! CHECK OUT THE PAYPAL BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF MY FRONT PAGE AT IAMFIDELIUM.COM! Happy Holidays from Fidelium Just wanted to drop in a generic "Happy Holidays" to everyone who checks in every now and then. Expect some new music coming soon, very soon, along with the remasters of my two unreleased albums. On that note, the newly mastered Believe Me This Is Home EP will be released for purchase from my website by Christmas. I'm setting that date because it means it's time for me to finally sit my ass down and do it. Anyhow. Looking forward to the near future. ZXYZXY - ひので (Free download!)
|
|
