Winter 2019 Sampler – Artist Bios: Pt. 1

Our first seasonal compilation is up! We’re taking a look at the first 15 performers on our Winter 2019 Sampler.

All proceeds from sales go back to artists, so please spread the word, share and share some more! You will also get some bonus tracks along with your download.
 

How I Became Invisible

Balance

Power-pop, folk rock, and electronica about science, fiction, and sadness. And, occasionally, catharsis.
Nicholas Reed: guitar, vocals, other instruments

Further Reading: Gashouse Radio

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RKay

Whistling in the Dark

I communicate in the abstract form that is music
Riyadh – Beirut

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Ethelscull

newday

Ethelscull is a Dark Ethereal Experimental project from Amelia Peel. The project emerged once Amelia began recording songs back in 1999 after purchasing a Fostex X-12 four track while going through a break up.

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Jonathan Hall

After the Fire

Jonathan Hall is a musician from Plymouth, MA; past projects include Goblin’s Pipe, The High Horses, Leo Blais, and The Jumblies among others.

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Sodor Iscariot

Astronaut

Sodor plays toycore music, performed on instruments for kids.

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Cryostasium

Grid Runner

Dark Ambient Metal from the US.

Further Reading: Houdini Mansions | Wonderbox Metal | Battle Helm | Indy Metal Vault

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Daniel Ruiz

Remember When

When you first press play on “Stories from a Whiskey-soaked Mind” you’ll hear these dreamy guitars that take me back to rock n roll from the 1950’s mixed with something modern like Ben Kweller (only, you know, maybe a Ben Kweller album from ten or fifteen years ago, so not too modern).
Raised by Gypsies

Further Reading: Santa Rosa Records | Here Comes the Flood | Still Spinning | YabYum Music + Arts

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Collection of Dead Souls

Forgetting Everything We Knew About Survival

Experimental soundscapes made while homeless and traveling across America. Made on an iPad in an effort to keep ahold of my sanity. Collections Of Dead Souls is Timothy Anderson.

Further Reading: Review of A Calm Taste EP (via Alan Morse Davies)

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Day Gold

Bugs

Homespun lo-fi indie rock straight from the gulf coast to your ears.

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Sad Man

Succulent Reprise

SAD MAN is Experimental Jazz, Electronic and Avant-Garde Rock project of Artist and Musician Andrew Spackman (Nimzo-Indian). Music out now on Apple Music.

Further Reading: Brum Radio | Monolith Cocktail | SonOfMarketing | a-n

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Church of Hed

Echoes of December

Church of Hed is the solo electronic space prog project of Quarkspace drummer/synthesist, Paul Williams. RIYL: Floyd, the Orb, Stereolab — Quarkspace is an American band together since the mid 80s. Known for combining spacerock and electronics with folk and progressive songwriting, their influences straddle the American and English psychedelic scenes of the late 60s with more modern influences

Further Reading: Progressive Ears | TabMuse | Inside the Rift | Sea of Tranquility

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Eraserhead Fuckers

Last Xmas

~anti-fascist bedroom hardcore~

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Hattie Cooke

Blissland

Hattie Cooke is a Brighton-born solo artist who has been writing and performing since the age of 17. In 2016 she released her eponymous debut album with Third Kind Records. Having supported a number of acclaimed singer-songwriters including RM Hubbert and Jeffrey Lewis, Hattie Cooke has garnered a reputation as a writer of gently crafted melancholic pop and folk songs. She is also one half of the electronic music duo M3ON with Tim Young (formerly of UNKLE.) Hattie Cooke’s second album ‘Bliss Land’ will be released in late 2019.

Further Reading: Slyvinyl | Brighton Music Blog | Tiny Mix Tapes | Misfit City

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Yes Selma

Music For Rodents

Yes Selma is the bedroom recording project of Chad Beattie.
“A world lit by a single bulb in an empty room.” – Simon Lewis (Terrascope U.K.)

Further Reading: The Sunview | Music Musings and Such | Brutal Resonance | Popdose

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Chromotrope

Abdelhamid Dub

Sunshine bliss.