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Ambient and Experimental Music Netlabel

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Entries from October 2007

wh062 Kaazim Zareb - Miraaya

October 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Fire up your narghile (hookah, shisha) and settle back for some compelling arabic melodies and rhythms, performed by Kaazim Zareb, by profession a bellydance accompanist, who in this creative departure brings a jazzy improvisational flavor to mellow arabic art music. These tracks blend elements of traditional Middle Eastern musical idioms with contemporary electronica mixing style.

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wh061 K.M. Krebs - Rain 1

October 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Here is a contribution to the acclaimed Rain series on Webbed Hand by the talented K.M. Krebs. A long-form ambient work of many subtle and shifting motifs, this relaxing electroacoustic ambient journey will take you far on pleasant and varying wavelengths.

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wh060 Rafael Flores & Mystified - Intrigue

October 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Masterful abstract paintings in sound, wrought through the collaborative brilliance of Raphael Flores and mystified (aka Thomas Park). A transatlantic masterpiece of shared samples and creative accord. Each sent a selection of recordings to the other for mixing, and the results are here for you to enjoy.

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wh059 Marco Lucchi - I found an - insoluble, indefinite - ear

October 27th, 2007 · No Comments

This long-form ambient piece is a collaboration of Marco Lucchi with his son, Dario. Marco handles the electronic parts, and Dario contributes improvisations on his French Horn. The work as a whole warmly illustrates the idea of “repetition with variation” as familiar motifs rotate but there are changes.

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wh058 Marco Lucchi - Tantra à l’usage des anges

October 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Webbed Hand welcomes the work of Marco Lucchi, a noted and very skilled musician who has distinguished himself in Europe for his work in the experimental, new age, and electronica genres.

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wh057 Mystified - Constant

October 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Despite being “minimal” this new opus by Mystified is also full of subtlety and warmth. In a nutshell it is a long-form dronescape, lightly seasoned with dimly audible sparkles, tones and harmonics. The central theme is pleasantly massaging industrial hum, with a bit of distortion and crackle in it.

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wh056 Vincent Bergeron - Casse-tête de l’Existence

October 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Vincent Bergeron comes to Webbed Hand Records with a very unusual album. A work of surreal pop/cabaret/experimental music with lyrics in French. Compelling and very listenable.

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wh055 V/A - Far Afield: A Webbed Hand Compilation

October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Somewhere in the spectrum between Musique Concrete and Phonography, is a vast gray area that is disowned and disputed by either side. This compilation treats this no-man’s land as its playground.

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wh054 Mika Björklund - Nocturne

October 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Finnish electronica artist Mika Björklund makes his debut on Webbed Hand with a long-form ambient composition inspired by other long-form albums on this label, including the Rain series. This excellent track is both engaging and relaxing, and recommended for those times when you want to unwind for the night.

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wh053 Mark Hamn - Prefixes

October 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Mark Hamn, aka Francesco Giannico from Taranto Italy, has brewed up some remarkable sound art. Each composition is named for a prefix, but at their core, each rumbles with the geologic power of a shifting landscape.

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