![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Dick Richards - Sabat [nsh005] - Dick Richards
Dick Richards, everyone's favourite Torontonian minimal house mastermind is kind enough to share his devious plans with us. Courtesy of raummusik, we've been able to intercept his 20 minute track Sabat, variations of which will be appearing on vinyl in the not-to-distant future...
Keywords: Minimal House
Downloads: 682
Average rating:  (1 review) |
| Otsu.Vihara - Phearofobia [nsh095] - Otsu.Vihara
In which Andrew Latham, better known as Mayfairgrin, lets off some steam. From the blissful ambience of opening track "Psybuuria" to the thundering three-part epic "Narrow", and the varying degrees of what comes inbetween, Phearofobia is a study in harshness and relentlessness.
Downloads: 2,647
Average rating: (2 reviews) |
| Nth Synthesis - Chaptire Premier - Nth Synthesis
"Chaptire Premier" is a dark electro EP from Nishi newcomers Nth Synthesis. Nth Synthesis is an international collaboration project between musicians and video artists Pierce Warnecke of the United States and Romain Serrate of France. Five songs, some brand new, some revamped, all glitched out noir electro just for you.
Keywords: electro; dark electro; idm; glitch; collaboration
Downloads: 2,796
Average rating:  (2 reviews) |
| French Teen Idol - French Teen Idol [nsh061] - French Teen Idol
Further confounding the frontier between electronica and post-rock, French Teen Idol weaves a fabric of intricate piano figures, impassioned sequences and intriguing samples. Meticulous harmonies and a fine sense of dynamics pervade this self-titled album.
Keywords: Electronic; Post-Rock; Progressive Electronic
Downloads: 42,210
Average rating:  (4 reviews) |
| Blue T-Shirt - SOLO/0705 [nsh080] - Blue T-Shirt
A month in 36 minutes: one track for each day of July 2005. Blue T-Shirt cooks up a smorgasbord of electronic styles and moods. Track 5 has barely begun when it dissolves into swathes of reverb; track 12 could be the soundtrack to the world's shortest film; track 10 is a chaotic flurry of filthy drums and slurred synths; the final track is a sprawling slab of ambience weighing in at a lengthy 4:56...
Keywords: Ambient; Electronic; IDM; Eclectic
Downloads: 17,784
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Phyle - Earth [nsh070] - Phyle
Lovers of smooth incandescent drones will instantly warm to Phyle's Earth. Glacially slow yet frothing with turbulence, these three monolithic soundscapes could come from a distant nebula.
Keywords: Electronic; Ambient; Drones
Downloads: 3,615
Average rating: (2 reviews) |
| K.M. Krebs - An Orange Rainbow [NSH052] - k.m. krebs
Originally released a while back on Subversco, which recently vanished. This six track mix of B-movie electro-kitch needed a new home and running a net label gives you the advantage of releasing your own work.
Keywords: Electronic
Downloads: 9,809
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Yeah Pretty Boy - Petting 1: Everything Minor (And A Scratch) [nsh071] - Yeah Pretty Boy
The title isn't the only intriguing thing about Petting 1: Everything Minor (And A Scratch) by Yeah Pretty Boy. Finest ambient music peppered with an array of spikes and hooks which are sure to snag you and refuse to let go.
Keywords: Electronic; Ambient; Abstract
Downloads: 10,640
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Mombus - Corpuscle Bureau [nsh078] - Mombus
Warm music from cold climates. Mombus gives us six miniature instrumental pop classics, sweetly melodic and catchy but never twee or tacky. They jump around too much to fit into any particular pigeon-hole, but fans of electronica, IDM, post-rock, synth-pop, folktronica etc won't want to miss this one. If you don't end up humming these tunes to yourself for the next few weeks, you have no soul.
Downloads: 6,581
Average rating:  (1 review) |
| Fasp - Fasp [nsh003] - Fasp
Vancouver-based Fasp have here a fascinating album of moving and complex IDM (that label is so meaningless now, isn't it?). An excellent review from Goodstuff explains this release better than I can: "Anyway, Fasp's eleven-tracker is everything but ambiguous, although the following description might not be a proof of that statement. The sound of this forty-minute slow-motion rollercoaster is lushed, non-intrusive and gently electronic...
Keywords: IDM
Downloads: 2,609
Average rating: (4 reviews) |
| Modul - Globe Puzzle - Modul
An astonishing concept driven album that traverses the spectrum of electronic music. Split into four groups of three tracks, with each group related to a cardinal point of the compass. These are lucid and complex compositions that travel between electro and ambient, with glitch flourishes.
Keywords: idm; electronic; chill; ambient
Downloads: 3,737
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Various Artists - nsh100
Yes, Nishi has reached its 100th release. To celebrate, we asked some past, present and future artists to submit tracks for a compilation album. The result is almost 3 hours of music spanning dozens of genres, styles and moods (not to mention several continents). Between the sublime washes from Pocka and Ambient Field, the dark glitch-pop of Samarah and John Tennant, and the relentless pounding of Elektro Punc and Sascha Müller, and everything in between, there really should be something for ev...
Downloads: 118,429
Average rating: (2 reviews) |
| Parataxis - Abandoned Site - Parataxis
Matt Kenefick's Nishi debut is a time-frozen journey through a compactified space of empty structure. These tracks feature micro-scale processing, synthetic and processed vocal textures, convolution and other spectral transformations, blended with metal/wood percussion and chimerical string/pipe/tube syntheses generated by physical-modeling.
Keywords: ambient; experimental; drone; textural
Downloads: 6,136
Average rating: (1 review) |
| K.D. Expression - For the Broken Heart from Collapsed Dreams - K.D. Expression
K.D. Expression returns to Nishi with a nine track album this time. "For the Broken Heart from Collapsed Dreams" is a well developed and rich mixture of epic sounds, driving beats and haunting moods. This release aptly includes a bonus track from K.D.'s side project, "Deadline".
Keywords: Electronic
Downloads: 10,813
Average rating: (3 reviews) |
| Ambient Field - Sci-Fi [nsh106] - Ambient Field
Patrick Wiklacz continues to indulge his (and our) fascinations with classic science fiction and analog synthesizers, at the intersection of the past and the future. This score for an imaginary sci-fi movie incorporates all manner of otherworldly noises in alien configurations, synthesized and saturated, chilling despite their warmth.
Downloads: 2,426
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Colophon - Imprint/Tailpiece [nsh024] - Colophon
Imprint/Tailpiece : A six track release by Colophon breaking down divisions between post-rock & electronic music. An incredibly involving and invigorating alchemy of components that will be certain to have you listening to this on repeat.
Keywords: Post-Rock
Downloads: 4,805
Average rating: (5 reviews) |
| Zed - Collecting Dust EP [nsh079] - Zed
A superlative demonstration of textural guitar playing, and of ambient/drone music in general. Three tracks of epic washes evolving from constantly twisting six-string improvisations, bookended by three tracks of more straightforward (but no less satisfying) drones. An essential download if you like your ambient spaces to breathe and emote.
Keywords: Ambient; Drone
Downloads: 2,638
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Restive - m2006/11-08 [nsh102] - Restive
Not many artists take the trouble to ensure that each track on an album lasts an exact whole number of minutes, but that's the kind of attention to detail you can expect from Restive. From the synth washes and sporadic clicks of opener "aguirre" to the digital snowstorm of "chillwindz", via the jigsaw-like rhythmic interplay of "bouncebeats" and "brainloops", this album is a compelling example of electronic music off the beaten track.
Downloads: 2,323
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Leksha - Mark EP [nsh093] - Leksha
Key phrase: "order in chaos". Solid, crunchy, almost hip-hop-esque rhythms underpin the expansive glitches and pads on this EP from Russia, but a healthy dose of unpredictability is retained.
Downloads: 4,239
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Various Artists - Nishi Sampler 1: Beats [nicomp001] - Various Artists
A compilation of some of the best beat-oriented music that has been released on Nishi. Spanning from the brittle warmth of Fasp's 'Cyl Flies' and rich-textures of Heath Yonaite's 'The Lucifer Principle' to the droning saturated guitars Hinterland's 'Divebomb' and postrock deconstructions of Colophon's 'Oh to be deployed elsewhere.'
Keywords: Electronic
Downloads: 8,912
Average rating: (1 review) |
| The Blood and Treasure - Untitled [nsh027] - The Blood and Treasure
An untitled ep by The Blood and Treasure; diving into the deep end with this 5 track release, a treasure chest of flowing pads, iridescent melodies and clamshell percussions.
Keywords: Electro
Downloads: 1,746
Average rating: (1 review) |
| ILI - Cronicles Hoa Sa [nsh092] - ILI
Glitchy polyrhythms from Russia. Oleg Semenovyh's tours of the post-IDM landscape are unpredictable and minutely detailed, encompassing all manner of sound sources.
Downloads: 3,744
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Antanas Jasenka - Car Music [nsh097b] - Antanas Jasenka
Car Music shifts the emphasis onto rhythms, sometimes frantic and sometimes sporadic, while retaining a keen ear for the unusual.
Downloads: 3,155
Average rating: (2 reviews) |
| Mystified - Mystical Steam [nsh094] - Mystified
If you're not already familiar with Thomas Park's work, may we be the first to welcome you to the netlabel scene. Mystified is back for a second Nishi release, this time drawing on field recordings and homemade sounds to create his patented blend of beats and atmospheres.
Downloads: 9,423
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Antanas Jasenka - Zacheta [nsh097a] - Antanas Jasenka
Zacheta transcribes a live performance in Warsaw, and is all about minimalism and abstractness, with all manner of drones, blips and scrapes orbiting each other.
Downloads: 1,801
Average rating: (1 review) |
| digital_mode - Hightech EP [nsh090] - digital_mode
A little uncompromising d'n'b to get you moving through the long winter nights. This Austrian duo lay down four storming slabs of syncopation, to be played as loud as possible.
Downloads: 5,187
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Cagey House - Steel Tantrum [nsh067] - Cagey House
Cagey House is here to throw a Steel Tantrum. Playful (yet dangerous) slices of electronica that aren't afraid to shoot off on tangents in the name of experimentation.
Keywords: Electronic; Experimental; Melodic Electronica
Downloads: 18,924
Average rating: (1 review) |
| John Kannenberg - A Canticle For Leibowitz [nsh087] - John Kannenberg
The man behind the Stasisfield netlabel gives us his "possible soundtrack" for Walter M. Miller, Jr's science fiction novel. These fine-grained soundscapes are sure to evoke vivid mental images of a post-apocalyptic world, whether you're familiar with the book or not. Charting the fall, rise and fall of mankind.
Keywords: Electronic; Ambient
Downloads: 21,139
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Arturas Bumsteinas and Various Artists - Rixc Remixes [nsh063] - Arturas Bumsteinas
To coincide with the release of Live@Rixc by Arturas Bumsteinas on Danish label Organic Pipeline, we present Rixc Remixes. Running the gamut of moods and textures, an hour of abstraction divided by common themes and sources.
Keywords: Electronic; Ambient/noise; Abstract; Drones
Downloads: 20,840
Average rating: (2 reviews) |
| Mystified - Dark Lacunae [nsh083] - Mystified
Proving that quality and quantity needn't be mutually exclusive, netlabel superstar Mystified adds his first release for Nishi to his already extensive portfolio. Covering all bases from brooding, pitch-black drones to skewed rhythmic explorations, you never quite know what direction the music is going to take next.
Keywords: Electronic; Ambient; Abstract
Downloads: 5,718
Average rating: (1 review) |
| .at/on - DGT [nsh062] - .at/on
Sometimes numbers speak louder than words, if you know how to interpret them. .at/on packages four miniature worlds of brutally abstract wave/particle duality into DGT. A sporadic abundance of arithmetical discord.
Keywords: Electronic; Noise; Glitch
Downloads: 973
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Dave Seagrim - Resolute [nsh077] - Dave Seagrim
Resolute by Dave Seagrim is a masterclass in building and releasing tension. Five adventurous anthems which are as suited to the armchair as to the dancefloor.
Downloads: 2,299
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Kotra - Stamina [nsh055] - Kotra
Continuing the Ukrainian tradition of precise soundscapes with a human touch, Kotra presents Stamina. There's enough intricacy and plot twists in these four offerings to delight and fascinate the casual listener and the close scrutinizer alike.
Keywords: Electronic; Ambient/noise; Abstract
Downloads: 1,105
Average rating: (3 reviews) |
| Introspective - Patient Reactions EP [NSH051] - Introspective
We're pleased that Introspective decided to return to Nishi a second time. Patient Reactions EP features some of his recent work. Sombre ambient wanderings that might just warm you somehow this winter.
Keywords: Ambient
Downloads: 470
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Plumb and Plumber - Come Early Go Late [nsh056] - Plumb and Plumber
Plumb and Plumber mixes melody, ambience, noise and silence in just the right ratios on Come Early Go Late. A 50 minute excursion through cyclic abrasion and half-buried beauty.
Keywords: Electronic; Ambient; Abstract
Downloads: 4,901
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Hibiscus - Postrocking [nsh059] - Hibiscus
Sparse (yet finely detailed) sketches placing the bass guitar at the center of enchantingly cyclic atmospheres. Not so much post-rock, as its distilled essence.
Keywords: Electronic; Post-Rock; Minimalism
Downloads: 2,466
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Minus Pilots - Boundless Walls [NSH053] - Minus Pilots
Boundless Walls -- the debut Nishi release by Minus Pilots. Over 50 minutes of freeform ambient improv teeming with samples. Destined to become a favourite of Nishi ambient following.
Keywords: Electronic; Experimental; Abstract
Downloads: 5,407
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Yu Nishibori & Friends - Untitled [nsh022] - Yu Nishibori, Sanako, Landon Thorpe
By fate or by chance, the intangible works of Yu Nishibori and his friends made their way here from somewhere in Japan. Haunting repetitions of emptiness alternate with sheer noise-work.
Keywords: Experimental
Downloads: 1,116
Average rating: (1 review) |
| k.m.krebs - Live at Multiplex 11 [nsh002] - k.m. krebs
Four tracks of playful electro-tech sprinkled with plundered B-movie samples. Recorded live at the Blinding Light Cinema, October 20th, 2001
Keywords: Electro
Downloads: 558
Average rating: (2 reviews) |
| Pino the Frog - Immerser [NSH044] - Pino the Frog
Pino the Frog returns to Nishi with a three-part study of aqueous sound fields. Sonorous and meditative.
Keywords: Ambient; Avantgarde
Downloads: 1,384
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Herotyc - Weapons of Mass Seduction [NSH048] - Herotyc
Is it too cliché to utter the quote "Make love, not war" in the year 2004? Well, we plead guitly if so. Herotyc, a long-time Nishi arms inspector is back once again with this virtual whitelabel vinyl to drop a different sort of bomb on you. Four tracks of techie-techno for the final days of summer. (I sound like a DJ!)
Keywords: Electronic; Techno; Electro-Techno
Downloads: 514
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Raemus - Ambiguous Prophets [NSH045] - Raemus
Ambiguous Prophets is a collection of 4 tracks of winding electronic ambience and tumult clearly created by a skilled hand (and ear). Raemus has released a considerable amount of work on several other net labels (kikapu & stasisfield to name two) and this release continues to highlight his unique and wide-ranging sound.
Keywords: Ambient; Avantgarde; Electronic
Downloads: 2,203
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Bipolar Controller - The Squid Kid [nsh032] - Bipolar Controller
A 46 minute 9-track sampling of experiment-tinged IDM with numerous magnetic surprises.
Keywords: IDM; Experimental
Downloads: 6,198
Average rating: (2 reviews) |
| Symphonic Stereo - Do You Need A Heart? [nsh036] - Symphonic Stereo
Do you need a heart? Remember those whispering vocals that you hear when you're half asleep? They're composed by Symphonic Stereo. Flowering highpass lyrics against a background of subdued electro-pop.
Keywords: Poptronica; Electropop
Downloads: 6,262
Average rating: (2 reviews) |
| Strinqulu - Uncertainty [NSH049] - Strinqulu
A debut release for Strinqulu on Nishi - a compressed explosion of 8 tracks full of drones, clicks, lost melodies and scattershot percussion.
Keywords: Ambient
Downloads: 1,694
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Herr Axelsson - Rainy Night [nsh017] - Herr Axelsson
Rainy Night (Field Studies From Östernäs) by Herr Axelsson; listening to suspended raindrops, constellated preciptation and droning acoustics.
Keywords: Ambient/noise
Downloads: 1,946
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Convurazio - Untitled [nsh037] - Convurazio
Convurazio makes his debut on Nishi with three miniscule and hyperactive tracks featuring frenetic electro-collage IDM with little respect for convention. (Original files: VBR Mp3s)
Keywords: IDM; Experimental
Downloads: 675
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Pino the Frog - Miniatures [nsh029] - Pino the Frog
Miniatures - Pino the Frog's debut on Nishi with almost 24 minutes of complex ambience, elusive and full of micro-melodies which hover on the brink of perception. Defintely something you'll find yourself listening to numberous times to try catching it.
Keywords: Experimental
Downloads: 1,814
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Various Artists - Nishi Sampler 2: Experiments [nicomp002] - Various Artists
Nishi's darker side -- a love for experiments in sound. This Nishi sampler begins with Holzkopf's manaical feed-back hip-hop. Things get a little more resevered after this, with John Tennent's glich-tech 'Bad Mode 1' and the micro-melodies of Pino's the Frog's 'glitzbau.' Nex's 'overcoat one' features stripped down techno based exclusively on the samples of his winter jacket(!). The sampler finishes with Resound's brittle and sparkling 'digital towers' and foer's hypnoticly fragile 'august 13th,...
Keywords: Experimental
Downloads: 2,567
Average rating:  (0 review) |
| Foer - Landlines [nsh001] - Foer
A collection of work by Foer, a improv electronic duo from Vancouver. A range of crisp ambience with plundered sounds scattered to and fro.
Keywords: Ambient/noise
Downloads: 517
Average rating: (0 review) |
