If you missed the release of the maxi-single “Glimmer” a couple weeks ago, you may have missed a bit of the background about this great band. Based out of Malmö, Sweden, they’ve been together for about six years now. In that time, they’ve released a couple incredible EPs on the Swedish netlabel Go, Jukebox! and performed live, on and off, in the Malmö region. From the beginning, they’ve put together a mixture of influences and ideas, however, they’re still trying to find their intended style; they have no intensions of ever really doing so. There’s five of them in the band, mostly good people — Stefan Bodetoft, Charlotte Fagerlund, Charlotte Lundgren, Birgitta Persson & Patrik Svensson. Their influences are as far-ranging as Curtis Mayfield, Pink Floyd, D’Angelo, Massive Attack, Gary Numan, The Stooges, Portishead, Emmylou Harris & Wu-Tang Clan.

If you’re at all familiar with Swedish pop music, you’ll no doubt already know that it’s quite infectious. Garmisch is no different. Well over a year in the making, the self-titled “Garmisch” album captures much of what made both of their previous EPs so special and manages to add to that more polished production and mastering. If you’re familiar with Garmisch’ previous work, you’re guaranteed to thoroughly enjoy it. If you’re new to Garmisch, this is the perfect place to introduce yourself to their sound.

Thanks for taking a moment to visit blocSonic.com and check out the album! As always… keep the music moving… share it… blog it… podcast it! Now… satisfy that sweet tooth with some electrically-charged pop goodness!

Oh, by the way, it's available in pristine 24-bit/96khz FLAC format (757.2 MB)!

Grab it here!

Everytime I come across incredible pop music from Sweden, I wonder if there’s something in the water that makes such a large of number of that nation’s songwriters and musicians have such a firm grasp on what it is that makes tasty pop music. Back in 2007 while putting together a netBloc release, I discovered another of these gifted Swedish groups… Garmisch Partenkirchen (later shortened simply to Garmisch). Their song “Black Paint” wound up being featured on “netBloc Vol. 5: The threat at Goliath’s feet”. From that point on, I made it a priority to keep up with all that Garmisch were releasing… which amounted to a couple great EPs on Swedish netlabel “Go, Jukebox!” and a few tracks released via the official Garmisch blog, The Garmisch Collection. Along the way, a couple more tracks were included on netBloc releases and then finally, when blocSonic began releasing originals, I approached Garmisch about releasing a full-length. After close to a year of planning and recording… the debut self-titled full length Garmisch album is ready for release and we’ve got the first maxi-single for you to enjoy! It contains, not one, but two album cuts, one non-album bonus and three eclectic remixes by March Rosetta, Tha Silent Partner & Daniel Maze!

Here’s a little background about Garmisch. They’re a band from Malmö, Sweden who’ve been together for about six years now. They’ve previously released two EPs on the Swedish netlabel “Go, Jukebox!” and have been doing live shows, on and off, in the Malmö region. From the start, they’ve put together a mixture of influences and ideas, however, they’re still trying to find their intended style; they have no intensions about ever really doing so. They collect their music and things at The Garmisch Collection, located at garmisch.se. There’s five of them in the band, mostly good people — Stefan Bodetoft, Charlotte Fagerlund, Charlotte Lundgren, Birgitta Persson & Patrik Svensson. Their influences are as far-ranging as to include Curtis Mayfield, Pink Floyd, D’Angelo, Massive Attack, Gary Numan, The Stooges, Portishead, Emmylou Harris & Wu-Tang Clan.

As always… keep the music moving… share it… blog it… podcast it! Now… satisfy that sweet tooth with some electrically-charged pop goodness.

Grab it here!

If you haven’t already checked out the excellent Just Plain Ant release “Rumble, Young Man, Rumble”, here’s a little reminder for you. This, the final album maxi-single contains a double dose of album cuts with a couple dope remixes and a sneak peek at Ant’s upcoming September 7th release “seewhateyesee”.

Special thanks to JFKmusik and Rowan who turned out more of that real stuff for all you hip-hop fiends! Don’t sleep on this.

Grab it here!

Just Plain Ant is back with another fresh collection of his unique brand of hip-hop — beats, jazzy samples and a host of guests who each add their own flavor to the mix. Among the guests we’ve got blocSonic regulars such as Joey Ripps, Ohbliv and Sleaze. We’ve also got some new names — Black Liquid, Braintrust, Mic Jordan, Gordy Michael, NOTE, Octavion Xcellence, Photosynthesizers and last but not least… the INCREDIBLE… Chuck D! That’s right… the legendary Public Enemy front man took time out of his busy schedule to drop a verse!

As you’ll read in Ant’s PDF liner-notes, this album was a long time in the making and has undergone a few changes along the way… but in my opinion, it was worth it… Ant turned out another fantastic release! I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I do.

Thanks in advance for checking it out! Remember… keep the music moving… share it… blog it… podcast it!

Grab it here!

On July 27th blocSonic & Just Plain Sounds are dropping the next Just Plain Ant album, “Rumble, Young Man, Rumble”. With RYMR, the the world of netlabels collides with that of classic hip-hop. Among the album’s many talented collaborators is one notable guest that’s sure to grab a bit of attention. That special guest is none other than The Rhyme Animal aka The Hard Rhymer aka Mistachuck… that’s right… Public Enemy’s Chuck D!

Though, you’ll have to wait until the 27th to hear that distinct voice rhyming on Just Plain Ant production. For right now we’ve got the first maxi-single for you containing two fantastic album tracks featuring Black Liquid out of Richmond, Virginia and NOTE out of Cleveland, Ohio.

We’ve also included each of the tracks’ instrumentals and acapellas for your remixing pleasure. We encourage you to submit your remixes (in wav format) to our SoundCloud DropBox for a chance that your remix be included on the next RYMR single (We do ask that you use the lossless FLAC format for the best possible quality remixes)!

As always… thanks for downloading and listening! Keep the music moving… share it… blog it… podcast it… broadcast it!

Grab it here!

For the final maxi-single promoting CM’s “The Classic Material Completion Package XE”, we’ve got a couple more exclusive previously unreleased tracks for you to enjoy. We’ve also included the instrumental and acapella of the title track “I Got You” for your remixing pleasure. We encourage you to submit your remixes (in wav or FLAC format) to our SoundCloud DropBox (We do ask that you use the lossless FLAC format for the best possible quality remixes).

As always… thanks for downloading and listening! Keep the music moving… share it… blog it… podcast it… broadcast it!

Grab it here!

We’re back with another one for you… number 29 in our excellent, genre-busting netBloc series! For this one we pulled together netaudio from Canada, France, Hungary, Minneapolis, The Netherlands, New Jersey, Richmond, Sweden and the UK. What you’ll find is nothing less than back to back gems. As always, this netBloc release is designed to both introduce the newbie to the netaudio scene and to provide a quick way for netaudio listeners to catch up on what’s new. In addition to the worldwide goodies released by others, we’ve also got a sneak peak at what blocSonic and Just Plain Sounds has in store for you Tuesday, July 27th – our next original release, in partnership with Just Plain Sounds, Just Plain Ant’s “Rumble, Young Man, Rumble”!

So thanks again for keeping up with all that we have to offer! Also, extra special thanks to all participating artists & labels!

Remember… keep the music movin’… share it… podcast it… broadcast it!

Grab it here!

There was once this funky little UK netlabel named Random Flow that put out a total of 12 releases. It was the first netlabel that I knew of that was solely focused on hip-hop. Among the many gems that they released were CM aka Creative’s 2 volumes of Classic Material. These gems were instant favorites of mine. When it became apparent to me that Random Flow went dark and CM aproached blocSonic about releasing Classic Material Vol. 3, I began thinking about re-releasing 1 & 2. Though I didn’t feel that simply re-releasing them individually would fit blocSonic. I began thinking about Universal’s series of multi-disc “Deluxe Edition” releases and it struck me that something like that format would suite blocSonic’s needs – the Xtended Edition was born. Now I finally get to present to you CM’s “The Classic Material Completion Package XE”!

What we have for you in the completion package is “Classic Material Vol. 1”, “Classic Material Vol. 2” and an exclusive collection of early works called “Bootleg Material” that does a great job of displaying the development CM’s undergone over the years.

Once you’ve soaked in all that “The Classic Material Completion Package XE” has to offer… be sure to also grab the first maxi-single, “True”, “Classic Material Vol. 3: UI Radio”, his first commercial release “Raiders of the Lost Art” (available at iTunes or CD Baby) and on Tuesday July 13th don’t miss the second maxi-single “I Got You”!

I never tire of saying it… THANK YOU! Thanks to all of you who are new to blocSonic and those of you who faithfully return to us for your listening pleasure! It feels great to know that blocSonic plays a part in helping people break out of the mainstream box.

Thanks again to CM aka Creative for coming to us in the first place!

Keep the music moving… share it… blog it… podcast it… broadcast it.

Grab it here!

Grab it here!

We’re closing out this year’s Friends or Whatever releases with the 2nd and final single for the self-titled debut album which we released a couple weeks ago on May 25th. Once again… we’ve gotten some friends to deliver a tasty set of exclusive remixes that take the FoW sound into new sonic territory. So download it, load it up, crank it, sit back and enjoy!

Thanks to each of the remixers for investing a bit of their time in order to give blocSonic listeners a few more free & legal audio gems to enjoy!

BTW… have your heard the debut album? Be sure to download it when you’re through listening to this great single. Also, do yourself a favor and grab the first single, which is also packed with exclusives.

Lastly, as I always harp about… keep the music movin’… share it… blog it… podcast it… broadcast it!

Grab it here!