This is the first edition of what will become a weekly fixture on the Aggie Radio website. We’ll be tracking down all kinds of interesting sounds across Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, and Bandcamp. They’ll be themed, and will be best enjoyed in the order I present them. Each will have a link to support the creator of the track, as well as an embedded YouTube video for you to listen right here on our site. I’ll also do my best to capture the unique bits that really make each song worth featuring.
This week we’re trying to get the beats to echo off of an empty sky. This is music that can transform empty spaces into something familiar and comforting. This is atmospheric overlap. This is the Cloud Orchestra.
This is the Blisswave.
1. Giraffage – Slo
Light, airy, and airbrushed with quality samples, this track pulses with positive vibes. It’s one of those songs that gets you through anything, and is the perfect accent piece to the kind of beautiful sunny day this playlist is meant to accentuate. Slo and easy, nice and breezy.
Support the Artist: http://giraffage.bandcamp.com/
Tycho – Elegy
Tycho is well known for his soothing, dream-like electronic soundtracks. Elegy begins with a pulsing echo and moves into a pleasant and surreal guitar. There is nothing harsh about the sound, only the long soothing strum of a warm, peaceful afternoon.
Support the artist: http://tycho.bandcamp.com/album/dive
ODESZA – Kusanagi
Odesza is known for the combination its unique combination of styles. Dark gritty EDM combined with light, breezy chill. Kusanagi is in a class of its own. A dark downbeat combines with the airy sound of a children’s choir. All of it comes off of a steady buildup of wind chimes– culminating in a happy amalgamation of cheerful, dreamy ecstasy.
Support the artist: http://odesza.bandcamp.com/
Nosaj Thing – Aquarium
Nosaj Thing takes eccentric vocal chopping/sampling and unique beat structure to a whole new level. It’s a strange blend of obscurity and originality Some may have heard this song hidden under Kid Cudi’s track Man on the Moon. Here you have the original… It’ll make you giddy and maybe a little bit “Dizzy, dizzy, dizzy, dizzy….”
Support the artist: http://nosajthingil.bandcamp.com/releases
Rone – Parade
We conclude with a jubilant combination of soaring synths and massaging backgrounds. Rone lifts you off the ground, mood and all, and flies you around for a while in a gentle escalation of pleasing and eclectic harmonies.
Support the artist: http://rone-music.com/
Here’s a link to a playlist! All tracks can be found on Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube.
http://youtu.be/CmTgmqyFMMg?list=PLHi8W5D5pPtrPZ2H-OPwcmn2-HGn_tEuO
That’s all for this week of Blisswave. If you want to email suggestions for future themes, or have requests for music you’d like to see featured, email me at ethantrunnell@gmail.com. The only promise I can make is to consider your suggestion. See ya next week, and enjoy the beats.
Ethan Trunnell
Blog Writer – Aggie Radio
