a beautiful machine

[kosmo vinyl]

One of the best groups I've encountered while searching for music released as either open source audio or under the creative commons license, is an Australian shoegazer band called a beautiful machine.  Fans of other shoegazer bands will really enjoy this groups output.  Top notch stuff along the lines of Ride and My Bloody Valentine.  It's all here loud crashing feedback, as well as delicate ambient sounds. The production is top notch as well. Slip on a pair of headphones and listen to the sounds swirl around between the ear pieces.
 
 The music can be downloaded from the Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22A%20Beautiful%20Machine%20%2F%20Embryo%20Recordings%22
 
 
 The bands label is  embryo recordings  
 
 I hope to get my blog running soon with more discoveries like this...

[Chip Chanko]

downloading...will have to listen over the holidays.

[kosmo vinyl]

Also checkout "Down With The Chairman" which is a "radio show" dedicated to Netlabels which distributes artist outside of the electronica genres most often found.  It's where I first found out about a beautiful machine.
 
 http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collectionid=DWTC25&collection=sijis

[kosmo vinyl]

While creeping home in traffic today I listened to the second release "Solar Winds, White Noise, Antigravity" (EMB011) which is another great record.   This will appeal to fans of post-punk bands like Joy Division/ early New Order, Bauhaus, as well as bands like The Catherine Wheel.

[Bartelby]

Listening to A Beautiful Machine downloads while I bake pies for tomorrow.  (Yep, I torture my friends once  a year...just pray they drink LOTS of booze prior to dessert.)  Get that blog on-line - I like your suggestions!

[Jaguär]

My kind of music!    
 
 Thanks, Kosmo.

[kosmo vinyl]

blog is on its way... anyone feeling nostalgic for obscure new wave bands should checkout    Lost Bands of The New Wave Era Marquee, Twangirl, etc might get a kick out of this one.

[kosmo vinyl]

So here is the beta version of my blog... be kind and i've got in the pipeline several other net releases to post about.  will try to bring some of the better tracks along on friday for art-o-matic
 
 http://www.micropop.net/