![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | netBloc Volume 6: Maniacally toying with your listening habits [BSCOMP0006] - Michael Gregoire
Phew!! Volume 6, finally released! A couple weeks behind but we made it none-the-less. This great collection features rock, pop, trip-hop and electronica from all over world — Basque, Canada, Italy, France, United Kingdom and the United States.
Keywords: rock; trip-hop; pop; electronica
Downloads: 43,509
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| CM aka Creative - Classic Material Vol. 3: UI Radio - Michael Gregoire
Hip-hop is an incredibly diverse musical genre that has a bad reputation no thanks to the American mainstream branch of it. People who write-off hip-hop as idiotic, materialistic, violent or misogynist are only getting a small slice of what it’s about. Since hip-hop has become international there are a wide array of ideas about what hip-hop should be today in 2009 and beyond. Anyone who has ever enjoyed the music will gladly give you their opinion about what “real” hip-hop is...
Keywords: blocsonic; hip-hop
Downloads: 217 |
| Just Plain Ant - Dig Deep - Michael Gregoire
It’s always exciting when I come across an artist who delivers an album that can be enjoyed from beginning to end. It’s even more enjoyable when that artist is completely independent. There’s something to be said for music independence in these days of packaged and repackaged mainstream music product. Independent music isn’t held back by labels and expectations to fit a certain mold. When I first heard Ant’s “Fly”, I was very impressed by the fact that it had that classic hip-hop v...
Keywords: blocsonic, hip-hop
Downloads: 5,107
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| Various Artists - netBloc Volume 3: La Plus Belle Guerre [BSCOMP0003] - Michael Gregoire
Announcing netBloc Volume 3: La Plus Belle Guerre. What we're currently witnessing IS the most beautiful war. A war for the ears of music lovers worldwide. A war between the RIAA/Major music industry and it's former and soon-to-be former customers. The revolution has been digitized. Take an active part in the revolution by spreading the word about netlabels and net audio. If you're new to this culture, check out some of the best that it has to offer by checking out our netBloc compilations serie...
Keywords: rock; pop; jazz; electronica; trip-hop; hip-hop; metal
Downloads: 31,981
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| Various Artists - netBloc Vol. 24: tiuqottigeloot - Michael Gregoire
After a couple back to back original blocSonic releases, I’m back to introduce you to the latest in the blocSonic netBloc series. This batch of netaudio gems is packed with ear candy. I have little doubt that you’ll find at least a couple tracks that you also call gems. Who knows, perhaps you’ll call them all gems, just as I do! So what exactly is packed in this release? You have operatic vocals with a metal, swing backing...
Keywords: rock; pop; indie-pop; electro-pop; hip-hop; lounge; electropop; metal
Downloads: 797 |
| Luck & Ripps - The Catastrophic Connection - Michael Gregoire
Back in February, Joey Ripps approached me about releasing one of his projects through blocSonic. One of the projects, a collaboration with 13aDLucK produced by Catastrophe, turned out to be quite a strong set. After hearing the drafts Ripps sent, blocSonic was officially down for a release! What you’re about to listen to is a fantastic collection of raw, NYC style, boom-bap hip-hop. It’s packed with smooth soul-drenched beats, classic B-Boy braggadocio and introspective rhymes...
Keywords: hip-hop; indepenent
Downloads: 2,951 |
| Formula - The Overcast Project - Michael Gregoire
Ladies and gents, allow me to introduce to you the latest member of the blocSonic family, Formula. A producer extraordinaire hailing from London. This here is his premiere solo release and our second original. If you’ve been following our netBloc series for a while, you’ve most-likely heard “Is It Too Late For Us All?” from the collaborative project that he was part of (along with Boston’s own Tha Silent Partner), MUTE...
Keywords: hip-hop; indepenent
Downloads: 2,048 |
| Various Artists - netBloc Volume 1: The Opening Salvo [BSCOMP0001] - Michael Gregoire
Announcing the premier release of the blocSonic netBloc compilation series! This series compiles some of the best netlabel music available into one tasty 10 track treat. Every release comes packed with album art in three formats - EPS, TIF, PDF as well as a PDF booklet containing full liner-notes. This release's booklet is 36 pages in length and features an exclusive introduction to blocSonic and it's netBloc series...
Keywords: hip-hop; blues; pop; electro-pop; rock; electronic; trip-hop
Downloads: 22,147
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| Various Artists - netBloc Volume 4: Soundtrack for the Coming Revolution - Michael Gregoire
Announcing netBloc Volume 4: Soundtrack for the Coming Revolution. Another gem packed collection of net audio culled from all over the world. One from ccMixter, a couple from Jamendo, others from various netlabels... all equally terrific. About the blocSonic.com netBloc series: Many things are currently happening which are allowing for netlabels increased importance in the world of recorded music. The mainstream music industry's reluctance to trust music fans to the music they purchase...
Keywords: rock; pop; electronica; trip-hop; hip-hop; post-rock; indie-rock
Downloads: 18,266
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| Various Artists - netBloc Vol. 21: opening your ears with jamendo - Michael Gregoire
We’re back serving you another helping of ten fantastic delicacies from the world of open-licensed netaudio. This time around, our energy was focused on presenting selections from the ever expanding archives of Jamendo.com. If you’re unfamiliar with Jamendo, it’s a community-driven website that hosts “free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Commons licenses”. It’s an amazing source of music discovery and exploration...
Keywords: rock; pop; drum n bass; dnb; hip-hop; indie-rock; indie-pop
Downloads: 2,609
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| Various Artists - netBloc Volume 2: DRM killed the music-product machine [BSCOMP0002] - Michael Gregoire
blocSonic is proud to bring you another compilation featuring ten exceptional tracks from the world of netlabel music. netBloc Volume 2 features rock, calypso, trip-hop, hip-hop, reggae and electronic. Contained within the PDF booklet, you'll find another essay written by myself. This time about the current state of music industry and music prices. Check Google news, check Digg, check Reddit... everyday is more news about the death of DRM...
Keywords: hip-hop; jazz; calypso; pop; electro-pop; rock; electronic; trip-hop
Downloads: 11,428
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| Various Artists - netBloc Vol. 23: We Invented The Compilation - Michael Gregoire
Of course we didn’t invent the compilation! Duh! No really! We didn’t… seriously! Why do you doubt me? Even though we didn’t invent them it doesn’t mean we didn’t perfect them… so here’s another perfect compilation for your soul to absorb via your ear canals. A collection of 11 tracks plus one sampler. That’s two bonus tracks on top of the standard 10 track line-up! Whoa! Crazy! I loved the Jay Slim release so much that I simply couldn’t contain myself to only one track...
Keywords: rock; pop; indie-pop; electro-pop; hip-hop; electronic; alt-pop; alt-country; punk
Downloads: 2,135
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| netBloc Vol. 13: color in a world of monochrome - Michael Gregoire
This is a back to basics release that presents all 10 tracks in the regular netBloc format. However, this release also features publicly available photography from the Library of Congress’ extensive catalog. Not in the public domain, but available for non-commercial use is the ground-breaking photography of Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii. In 1905 he was the first person to develop a way to take color photos...
Keywords: rock; electronic; pop; indie; hip-hop; electropop
Downloads: 5,432
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| Various Artists - netBloc Volume 5: The threat at Goliath's feet... [BSCOMP0005] - Michael Gregoire
This is the latest in blocSonic's netBloc series. This finely crafted collection features acts from all over the world — Sweden, Germany, Spain, Columbia, Belgium and the United States with a diverse line-up of genres such as Rock, Jazz, Electronica, Punk, Glitch and Hip-Hop. In the PDF book, you'll find a new write-up from yours truly which discusses ways in which the world of net audio can increase it's influence over global music culture...
Keywords: rock, post-rock, jazz, hip-hop, electronica, glitch-pop, dub, pop
Downloads: 7,237
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| netBloc Vol. 10: Postmodernism is dead. Postmillennialism killed it... sorry Andy :( - Michael Gregoire
Our latest installment in the netBloc series gives you 10 more net audio gems to groove to. In this release we present to you hip-hop, trip-hop, jazz, electro-pop and rock from Germany, France, Spain, Bulgaria and Canada. I'm sure you'll be curious what the title means, read about it in the PDF booklet. You'll also notice that there's alternative package art for those of you who want to customize your release...
Keywords: rock; pop; electro-pop; electronic; glitch; hip-hop; jazz
Downloads: 4,294
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| Various Artists - netBloc Vol. 22: Life on Ceres - Michael Gregoire
It all started sometime last year with a friend of mine, Rob Pitt, saying that he’d love it if there were a “minimal” netBloc release. However, with the netBloc series being about variety, I felt that I couldn’t release something so narrowly focused on one sub-genre. If I were to put together something remotely like that, it had to be something more varied. I decided to begin slowly pulling together instrumental netaudio gems as I came across them while developing other netBloc releases...
Keywords: electronic; trip-hop; jazz; metal; idm; electro; noise; avante-garde; experimental
Downloads: 7,146
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| netBloc Vol. 12: Anaxagoras - Michael Gregoire
This was a release that I hoped to have ready in time for the holidays and was to be a holiday gift. Things didn’t fall into place as quickly as I had originally hoped, so here you have it now, a couple months late. What you’ll find with this one is a “concept” album. At least a concept in as much as a compilation can be a concept. There’s an overlying theme... that of the Moon. There’s a loosely tied narrative that is held together through the use of public domain texts, video and C...
Keywords: rock; electronic; pop; indie
Downloads: 4,143
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| netBloc Vol. 11: The Raw and the Cooked - Michael Gregoire
This here is our proper December 2007 release... a bit late. It's a terrific collection of 10 net audio gems that explores the acoustic side of sound in varying degrees. Some tracks are purely acoustic, while others merge the digital with the acoustic. When you're done with this, be sure to leave a review and then head over to blocSonic for more surprises! Peace Mike Gregoire Owner/Creator blocSonic.com
Keywords: rock; electronic; country; alt country; reggae; dub; pop; hip-hop
Downloads: 3,854
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| netBloc Vol. 19: Doctorin' Ur Tastz - Michael Gregoire
Here’s another fresh netBloc release for you to soak in. As always… it was a challenge to pull together and it underwent a serious overhaul when it became clear that an artist and a label weren’t as serious about the release as I was. Finally, when all is said and done… this release is 1000% better because of the replacement tracks and new play order. Thanks to you artists who were contacted at the last minute and came through with the required info and assets! Today on Twitter, someone ...
Keywords: blocsonic; netbloc; rock; pop; trip-hop; indie-rock; indie-pop; pop/rock; hip-hop; electro-pop
Downloads: 1,744
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| Various Artists - netBloc Vol. 20: music to accompany the world traveller - Michael Gregoire
Volume 20 carries on the blocSonic tradition of presenting 10 internationally released netaudio gems. Rock, pop, electronic, jazz, trip-hop, dub and hip-hop are all brought together for your listening enjoyment. Thanks again for your continued dedication to blocSonic and our netBloc series. We truly hope we’ve helped broaden your musical palette even if only a little! Visit blocSonic.com for more info!
Keywords: blocsonic; netbloc; hip-hop; jazz; rock; funk; pop; indie-pop; electro-pop; trip-hop; IDM
Downloads: 2,468
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| Various Artists - netBloc Vol. 8: I Copyleft! [BSCOMP0008] - Michael Gregoire
Thanks again, everyone, for downloading the latest netBloc release! Your consistent support is greatly appreciated, not only by us at blocSonic, but also by the artists and labels who have participated in all our releases. The netBloc compilations are one more avenue which they can utilize to promote the great things that they're doing. This time around we've got another fresh batch of music to add to your collection! We've got music from France, Germany, Brazil, Spain and the US...
Keywords: rock; pop; hip-hop; jazz; fusion
Downloads: 2,043
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| netBloc Vol. 14: Kills 99.9% of Bacterium Poppus Radiolus! - Michael Gregoire
Well finally! We at blocSonic were finally able to give you another excellent release of free net audio. It'll prove to be worth the wait. It's truly an international collection that features talent from Brazil, Germany, United States, Scotland, Spain, Italy and Canada. On this collection you'll hear Plunderphonics, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Electronica, Pop, Rock, Ska. If you have a heartbeat, you're bound to find something you like...
Keywords: rock; jazz; funk; ska; electronic; electronic; trip-hop; dub; electro; pop; hip-hop
Downloads: 4,754
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| Various Artists - netBloc Vol. 9: Lo-Fi adventures on Planet Rheton! [BSCOMP0009] - Michael Gregoire
Hello again everyone. After a month off, I was eager to unleash volume 9 to the world. As the title suggests, it's focused on "lo-fi" offerings that the world of net audio has to offer. Lo-fi as a description for music is kind of vague and can include many genres. Personally, I define lo-fi as any music without slick production – music that can contain distorted samples or distortion itself applied to any number of song elements...
Keywords: rock; pop; electronic; trip-hop; hip-hop
Downloads: 2,241
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| netBloc Vol. 16: Sweet Sixteen - Michael Gregoire
Here you have it, a fresh release for your aural enjoyment. Pop, Hip-Hop, Rock, Dance, Indie, Electronic, Trip-Hop... United States, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Belgium, France... Diversity? You bet. Part of the enjoyment of netaudio/netlabels comes from the fact that FINALLY, you can easily enjoy music from all over the world, no longer do you have a mainstream music industry pulling the strings and telling you what you should or should not enjoy...
Keywords: rock; jazz; pop; electrofunk; electropop; indie; indiepop; electronic; trip-hop
Downloads: 3,286
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| netBloc Vol. 15: this album won't eat your gas money - Michael Gregoire
Hi all! Volume 15 already! Can you believe it? We can't. It seems like yesterday that the seed of an idea that would later become blocSonic and the netBloc series was just beginning to germinate. What we have for you this time around is 10 more tracks featuring Brazilian pop, Italian ska, German electronica, Portuguese pop with a twist of German electronica, American hip-hop and pop/rock, International instrumental hip-hop and trip-hop and finally pop/rock coming to you straight outta Sweden...
Keywords: rock; pop; ska; electronic; trip-hop; glitch
Downloads: 865
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| netBloc Vol. 18: frais, fresco, frisch, fresh… mmmmmmmmmmm… good - Michael Gregoire
After taking a much needed month off from releasing, we’re back with another fresh batch of netaudio gems. Even with the month off, it was a bit of a bumpy ride pulling this together. During the process of attempting to acquire permissions and assets, we were unable to finalize on four original tracks and went through two rounds of changes. As is always the case though, this process ends up being beneficial for the release — since the line-up/track order is always scrutinized repeatedly unti...
Keywords: rock; pop; electronic; trip-hop; hip-hop; metal
Downloads: 1,575
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| netBloc Volume 7: 10 From 200 plus one [BSCOMP0007] - Michael Gregoire
Black Sweater, White Cat and BlocSonic presents - netBloc Vol. 7: 10 From 200 plus one Well it's finally here! I've been trying to get it released for the past two weeks, but complications occurred that made it impossible to do. Regardless, this is a terrific collection none-the-less. It's a bit different in that it's co-presented with Black Sweater, White Cat (BSWC), a terrific blog that posts a net audio gem each day...
Keywords: rock; post-rock; electronic; dub; reggae; pop
Downloads: 4,848
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| netBloc Vol. 17: Refined Excursions For The Discriminating Listener - Michael Gregoire
Once again… back is the incredible! Here we have another excellent netBloc release for you. It’s always a pleasure to bring you this monthly collection. This month we’ve got music from Basque, US, France, Russian Federation, Netherlands, Poland, UK and Canada. The music included is as always quite varied... trip-hop, rock, indie folk, hip-hop, indie pop and pure electronica. If you enjoy this collection.....
Keywords: rock; pop; electro-pop; electronic; glitch; hip-hop; trip-hop; indie-pop; indie-folk
Downloads: 3,191
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| Various Artists - netBloc Vol. 25: From Darkness Cometh The Light - Michael Gregoire
According to Chinese philosophy two opposing forces, the yin and the yang, co-exist interdependently to make up universal existence. You cannot have one without the other. So it seems in many aspects of life that you cannot have the good without the bad and vice-versa. Life, death, love, hate, peace, war all intermingled in equilibrium. Would we be able to recognize peace without war? War without peace? Would we recognize the gloriousness of a thriving, new alternative community of music based o...
Keywords: rock; pop; indie-pop; electro-pop; hip-hop; electropop; electrosoul; electro-soul; downtempo; drum-n-bass; drumnbass; dnb |
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