bahgheera's orbit » instrumental http://bahgheera.com Break the pop habit. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:52:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Blossom – Blue Balloons http://bahgheera.com/2011/12/blossom-blue-balloons/ http://bahgheera.com/2011/12/blossom-blue-balloons/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:52:38 +0000 bahgheera http://bahgheera.com/?p=1026 Continue reading →]]> Mellow guitars start this release out, but it doesn’t take long for the nicely mellow breakbeat to show up. Blue Balloons is reminiscent of Revolution Void and Boards of Canada, though not as all over the place – these tracks are more structured, and would be perfect background for some trip-hop vocals. I especially love the big fat square bass synth in my favorite track from the album and that is track 5 – Nightbeat. All in all, this is an excellent release, one of the best I’ve heard this year.

Blossom – Blue Balloons

]]> http://bahgheera.com/2011/12/blossom-blue-balloons/feed/ 0 Good Weather For An Airstrike – A Summer http://bahgheera.com/2011/11/good-weather-for-an-airstrike-a-summer/ http://bahgheera.com/2011/11/good-weather-for-an-airstrike-a-summer/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:40:18 +0000 bahgheera http://bahgheera.com/?p=1020 Continue reading →]]> More ambient goodness from Good Weather For An Airstrike, a UK project that was originally intended to create relaxing sounds to combat tinnitus and aid in falling asleep. Their sound is definitely relaxing, and inspired by such artists as Brian Eno and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Overall this is definitely worth checking out.

 

Good Weather For An Airstrike – A Summer

]]> http://bahgheera.com/2011/11/good-weather-for-an-airstrike-a-summer/feed/ 0 Lowercase Noises – Ambient Songs http://bahgheera.com/2011/11/lowercase-noises-ambient-songs/ http://bahgheera.com/2011/11/lowercase-noises-ambient-songs/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:39:38 +0000 bahgheera http://bahgheera.com/?p=1014 Continue reading →]]> Andrew Othling, aka Lowercase Noises, offers a superb album of ambient guitar music. Clocking in at almost two hours,  the music barely moves but is somehow filled with motion, giving the sense of floating along on a galactic river full of light while watching the universe move from past to present to future. This is a sort of ambient postrock, as it is guitar driven with heavy use of effect pedals. Andrew posts much of his work on youtube, along with instructional videos of how to achieve his effects, He also offers three of his other albums (which I have not listened to yet, but have on my short list) on his website. You can also visit his facebook page and let him know his work is appreciated.

Lowercase Noises – Ambient Songs

Andrew Othlings youtube channel

]]> http://bahgheera.com/2011/11/lowercase-noises-ambient-songs/feed/ 0 Pet Slimmers of the Year – …And The Sky Fell http://bahgheera.com/2010/08/pet-slimmers-of-the-year-and-the-sky-fell/ http://bahgheera.com/2010/08/pet-slimmers-of-the-year-and-the-sky-fell/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:46:19 +0000 bahgheera http://bahgheera.com/?p=831 Continue reading →]]> How can I describe this release, other than to say it rocks?

Track one, Moravka, is an emotive bit of rock that stays distant, but still gets your head bobbing. The haunting, faraway vocals in this track are the icing on the cake.

The second track starts out with a nice long build reminiscent of songs by Tool, that finally crescendos into an acoustic piece that contains plenty of movement, finally erupting into full glory with all guitars switching on the distortion and rocking out some super heavy guitar riffs before a quiet, introspective break that builds back into an acoustic rambling.

Tracks three, four and five follow suit – especially track four, the title track, which is nothing but a pure heavy metal implosion, and more creative rock guitar and thunderous drum work combine for a beautifully artistic music experience to finish up. This release is top notch.

Pet Slimmers of the Year – …And The Sky Fell

]]> http://bahgheera.com/2010/08/pet-slimmers-of-the-year-and-the-sky-fell/feed/ 0 The Echelon Effect – Mosaic http://bahgheera.com/2010/08/the-echelon-effect-mosaic/ http://bahgheera.com/2010/08/the-echelon-effect-mosaic/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:55:58 +0000 bahgheera http://bahgheera.com/?p=873 Continue reading →]]> A quiet, introspective release of ten tracks totaling almost an hour of music. Reminiscent of Orange Crush, this album has a sense of inner peace and calm, merging electronic ideas with pop sensibilities. Rolling guitars washed in echo build and swell alongside synths and drums, with a music box-like sound pervading the entire release.

The Echelon Effect – Mosaic

]]> http://bahgheera.com/2010/08/the-echelon-effect-mosaic/feed/ 0 We vs. Death – A Black House, A Colored Home http://bahgheera.com/2010/07/we-vs-death-a-black-house-a-colored-home/ http://bahgheera.com/2010/07/we-vs-death-a-black-house-a-colored-home/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:28:25 +0000 bahgheera http://bahgheera.com/?p=633 Continue reading →]]> Nice melodic set of post rock. On their latest album, We vs. Deaths musical ramblings go all over and they aren’t afraid to explore any aural territory. The Dutch five-piece features the standard bass, guitar and drums, plus trumpet and even a concertina. If you’re a post rock fan, you definitely don’t want to miss this.

We vs. Death – A Black House, A Colored Home

]]> http://bahgheera.com/2010/07/we-vs-death-a-black-house-a-colored-home/feed/ 0 Mo Town Junkie and Joe Jetson – The Worst of Jetson and Junkie http://bahgheera.com/2010/06/motown-junkie-and-joe-jetson-the-worst-of-jetson-and-junkie/ http://bahgheera.com/2010/06/motown-junkie-and-joe-jetson-the-worst-of-jetson-and-junkie/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:03:56 +0000 bahgheera http://bahgheera.com/?p=758 Continue reading →]]> Now this is just weird. We’ve featured Mo Town Junkie before, well this time he has teamed up with Joe Jetson to bring you seven tracks of instrumental hip hop confusion. And you can believe me when I say that these two definitely put the ‘mental’ in instrumental. This is not for everyone – it’s music that you must be patient to hear. But once you hear it, you’ll understand where it’s coming from. And then you too will be mad like me.

Mo Town Junkie and Joe Jetson – The Worst of Jetson and Junkie.

]]> http://bahgheera.com/2010/06/motown-junkie-and-joe-jetson-the-worst-of-jetson-and-junkie/feed/ 0 Loss of a Child – Carry Me Home http://bahgheera.com/2010/05/loss-of-a-child-carry-me-home/ http://bahgheera.com/2010/05/loss-of-a-child-carry-me-home/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 22:29:23 +0000 bahgheera http://bahgheera.com/?p=655 Continue reading →]]> An amazing post-rock album! One of the best yet by Loss Of A Child. Carry Me Home is well produced, heavily written post-rock that makes use of guitar and drums for a standard post-rock sound but adds piano and strings on top of  that to give it an orchestral feel, a labyrinth of intricacies and variations. This entire release actually feels like a soundtrack to a movie – a movie that I’d definitely want to see. I think I’ll use it as the soundtrack for the movie that plays in my head all day long…

Loss of a Child – Carry Me Home

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Lost Children netlabel and The Silent Ballet have put together an absolutely stunning 75 minute long adventure through the universe of post-rock with the release of The Silent Ballet Compilation volume 14. Featuring some very diverse artists from all over the world, the stand out track on the album is from a Ukrainian band called Nice Wings, Icarus! Their track, Eagle, is absolutely superb. I have a feeling we will be seeing more of them here on the orbit in the very near future. Back to the current release, it grabbed me from the very first track – a very ambient piece by The Sight Below – and wouldn’t let go. I literally listened to the entire album as soon as I clicked play – given my schedule, thats a rarity for me. The intensely mellow first track quickly gave way to an onslaught of post-rock, shoegazer, psychedelic and even modern piano composition. Each track is unique, making this a difficult album to describe. I’ll simply say this: it’s an incredible album, and I urge you to give it a listen.

The Silent Ballet Compilation – Volume 14

]]> http://bahgheera.com/2010/03/the-silent-ballet-compilation-volume-14/feed/ 1 Robert Pieculewicz – Fly Free http://bahgheera.com/2010/02/robert-pieculewicz-fly-free/ http://bahgheera.com/2010/02/robert-pieculewicz-fly-free/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:52:38 +0000 bahgheera http://bahgheera.com/?p=607 Continue reading →]]> Robert Pieculwicz is a guitar virtuoso, like Joe Satriani or Steve Vai. He has several albums for download on Jamendo, but the one that stood out to me is Fly Free – it takes me back to the days of Surfing With The Alien or Flying In A Blue Dream. This is the finest instrumental guitar rock to come from Poland that I’ve heard of – as my friend Walter from somewhere in Poland that is impossible for me to spell would say – Jej skały.

Robert Pieculewicz – Fly Free

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