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  • Machinefabriek - IJspret & Gris Gris (100%)
     Some albums, particularly those by major artists, take a few years to complete. The many recordings of Rutger 'Machinefabriek'  Zuydervelt are not among those.This particular little gem, IJspret ('Ice…
  • Machinefabriek & Soccer Committee - Drawn (89%)
    'Opposites attract'. That's quite appropriate when talking about Machinefabriek and Soccer Committee working together. Their music seems quite incompatible at first: intimate acoustic folk vs. gritty …
  • Machinefabriek - Weleer (89%)
    "Weleer" (Formerly, in old times) is the well chosen title for the 2CD selection of work from more than 30 3"-cd's that Rutger "machinefabriek" Zuydervelt released last years. Most of these will be ve…
  • Machinefabriek - Kruimeldief (89%)
    “Stofstuk”, a composition for singing bowl, contact mic, vinyl recording and laptop, was one of the many 3” cd’s Rutger “Machinefabriek” Zuydervelt recently unleashed. A beautiful, introspective piece…
  • Machinefabriek - Dauw (videoclip) (89%)
    What do you see when listening to ambient music? I guess most answers would be something like: landscapes. Desolate, comforting or alien, depending on the kind of ambient music.I guess some of the ima…
  • Machinefabriek - Ax / Still (89%)
     'The Hardest Working Man in Showbusiness'. Usually this refers to Funk Godfather James Brown, but if anyone else deserves this credit it would be Rutger 'Machinefabriek' Zuydervelt.From 2004, he has b…
  • Peter Broderick & Machinefabriek - Blank Grey Canvas Sky (74%)
    These artist names are probably familiar to everyone even remotely interested in ambient/electronic music. Multi-instrumentalist Peter Broderick (from Oregon, now living in Berlin) released quite a fe…
  • Machinefabriek & Jan Kleefstra - Piiptsjilling (64%)
    Just mentioning Rutger "Machinefabriek" Zuydervelt's releases could fill a blog on its own. In the high quantity of releases he's able to maintain a very high quality standard, making it hard to pinpo…
  • Wouter van Veldhoven - Ruststukken (40%)
    Wouter van Veldhoven 's Ruststukken is recently released on the new Belgian label ‘Slaapwel’. Slaapwel means Sleep well. Label owner Wim Maesschalck tells us: “I set out, looking for people that would…
  • Wixel's 2009 Project (32%)
    Wixel sometimes refers to the small group of musicians surrounding the Belgian artist Wim Maesschalk. When I recently saw them performing at a dutch festival (CrossLinx), I felt they sounded like Sigu…
  • Jasper TX - This Quiet Season (17%)
    "This Quiet Season" is aptly titled for a release on Slaapwel Records (Sleep Well). Slaapwel is a small DIY label from Belgium that focuses on ‘music to fall asleep to’ and releases it in limited amou…
  • Sonmi451 - Ruis (17%)
    The Slaapwel  label, specialised in music to fall asleep to, is becoming more collectible with every release. The previous (six) releases were all very beautiful (package ánd music-wise) and perfect…
  • Kleefstra/Bakker/Kleefstra - Wink (15%)
    If you're a collector that likes to have your music on a physical CD, times are rapidly getting harder. Especially in the ambient and experimental genre, where more and more releases are handmade do-i…
  • Peter Broderick's Flickr Album (15%)
    Peter Broderick is not afraid to try out some new directions. With his music (ranging from minimal electronics via minimalism to new-folk), as well as with the ways to distribute them. Some of his rec…
  • True (mix) (15%)
    Autumn Leaves cover imageLike it's companion mix ("Strange Birds", published last week) this mix was also broadcast in April 2008.It's a further walk in the same landscape. Sometimes the tension may ri…
  • The Leftover Mix (mix) (15%)
    Though the title may give the impression that this mix consists of 'second choice music', that is definitely nót the case!These tracks did not find their way to a 2007 Folio radio show, but were too g…
  • Beautiful Companions: Dakota Suite (15%)
    'The End of Trying' is not a 'typical' Dakota Suite Release. Unlike most Dakota Suite albums (except 1999's Navigators Yard) it is fully instrumental, with Chris Hooson, David Buxton and Colin Dunkley…
  • Off Key - 2nd Edition (15%)
    Anyone even remotely interested in ambient, electronic, contemporary experimental and modern classical music will problaby have come across the Fluid Radio website. Fluid Radio is in fact a lot of o…
  • Peter Broderick - Music for a Sleeping Sculpture... (15%)
    Earlier this weekend, the Belgian label Slaapwel (Sleep Well) presented their first labelnight in Leuven, Belgium. To my regret, I was not able to be there - although I'm a big fan of Slaapwel's sleep…
  • Beautiful Companions: Balmorhea (15%)
    Excuse me for being ignorant, but until recently Balmorhea was unknown to me. Which is sort of remarkable, since they mention Claude Debussy, Beethoven, Rachel's, Max Richter, Arvo Pärt and John Cage …