Category: instrumental

electronic, house, indie, instrumental

jacqui Releases Starling EP

Today’s album feature comes to us from New York City based alternative-electronic producer, guitarist & poet jacqui with their 3rd solo release Starling. Lyrically inspired by poems and private notes between friends, Starling reflects on love, power, hostile architecture, and personal crisis. Sitting on a unique bed which sees Jacqui fusing pop-electronica and alternative folk, this 6 song collection creates an immersive atmosphere that is … Continue reading jacqui Releases Starling EP

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ambient, instrumental, Music

18 Seconds Release “Plat de résistance”

Today we’re featuring 18 Seconds and their new album Plat de résistance, a cinematic instrumental record as emotionally rich as it is delicate. Influenced by artists like The Smashing Pumpkns and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, 18 Seconds is the solo project of Quebec-based composer Pascal Normand. About the record: In a world shaken by turmoil, where violence and intolerance increasingly prevail, resistance becomes essential. With … Continue reading 18 Seconds Release “Plat de résistance”

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WLAV Binds Suspension, Horror and Addicting Electro-Beats on MEAT

It’s oddly unnerving and sets the pace for a hesitant and peculiar journey through the 8 track-album. Beginning with “Bitch,” which White Lines and Versace (WLAV) never quite comes right out to say and instead carefully only alludes to and heavily masks under breathy synths, MEAT is a dramatic instrumental album that seems to aim to make you uncomfortable and glancing over your shoulders even … Continue reading WLAV Binds Suspension, Horror and Addicting Electro-Beats on MEAT

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Dino DiMuro’s Beetle’s Secret Pact is a rabbit hole full of suprises.

It’s unusual and a little whimsical, but that’s certainly not out of character for L.A-based songwriter Dino DiMuro who cites Frank Zappa as one of his major influences.  Beetle’s Secret Pack starts with a casual tumble over tom and snare drum that places it imperiously somewhere in late-80’s electronic pop rock before it’s joined ceremoniously by bulbous sitar-esque guitars and rhythmic otherworldly keyboards that give … Continue reading Dino DiMuro’s Beetle’s Secret Pact is a rabbit hole full of suprises.

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instrumental, rock

Your Instrumental Rock Fix: Whitman Rinaldo – Planetary

Today’s Your Fix feature is an instrumental record by Whitman Rinaldo called Planetary that trickles across the genre-sphere; it’s a little rock with classical and latin-influence. All in across the 12-tracks it creates a unique soundscape to immerse yourself into. Listen now on Spotify: Highlight track: EvoraFor fans of: Santana, Dire Straits Find more by Whitman Rinaldo on Spotify. Continue reading Your Instrumental Rock Fix: Whitman Rinaldo – Planetary

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Your Electronic Music Fix: Tim Woodruff – Keeper of the Forest

For your electronic music fix today we offer you the very relaxed, mellow and Earthy ambient instrumental album “Keeper of the Forest” by American producer Tim Woodruff. It perfectly encapsulates the calming serenity of casually walking a new trail on an early summer morning, long before anyone else has a chance to get their shoes imprinted within the dirt, fit with a healthy dose of … Continue reading Your Electronic Music Fix: Tim Woodruff – Keeper of the Forest

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Your Electronic Music Fix: Aunt Thirteen -Pentagon Dreams

For your electronic music fix (new segment for the blog?), we invite you to immerse yourself within the techno-technicolor dreamland by Kansas-based Aunt Thirteen with Pentagon Dreams.  Admittedly we here in the Crooked Forest sometimes have trouble describing albums like this – it’s not exactly our wheelhouse but we can’t deny when we’re drawn to a unique soundscape and we like to encourage others to … Continue reading Your Electronic Music Fix: Aunt Thirteen -Pentagon Dreams

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