“downtempo” Posts

New release: Ant The Symbol surprises fans with incredible new EP!

Back at the end of August, Ant The Symbol sent me a few new songs to check out. I downloaded them and listened… like, whoa! I instantly felt that the seven songs I was listening to were the most inspired that he’d created thus far, as The Symbol. Of course… Read more

Netlabel Day has arrived!

If you haven’t yet heard, today is the 2nd annual Netlabel Day and boy do we have a bunch of goodies for you! C-Doc - Do Androids Die For Electric Sins? Hey kids… do you like movies? What about “Blade Runner”? If so, you’re going to enjoy C-Doc’s homage to… Read more

New release: Our netBloc series reaches its 50th volume!

First and foremost, I’d like to send out an extra special thank you to all artists and netlabels who, over the years, have been part of our story through the netBloc series. When I first had the idea to begin this series in 2006, I really had no idea if… Read more

New release: The netBloc series returns to it’s regular schedule!

That’s right, the series returns with “netBloc Vol. 48: Still…”! Can you believe it? Last week I was listening to a podcast interview at the FMA and heard the interviewee mention blocSonic and how she used to love our netBloc series and it was too bad that we weren’t releasing… Read more

New release: The XE release of Andrew Cosentino's "Country Western Star" marks his blocSonic debut!

New York based multi-instrumentalist Andrew Cosentino first got in touch with blocSonic back in February. However, it took me a couple weeks to finally give it a listen. When I did, his EP, Country Western Star (CWS), immediately struck a chord and I emailed him back to find out how… Read more

New release: The blocSonic debut of Moki McFly!

Today I’m thrilled to present to you the blocSonic debut of Philippines artist, Moki McFly! Moki brings his own brand of sound that floats in the realm of downtempo and trip-hop. His first release for us is his intriguing new EP Osirus III: Autochron Thitarodes. Thanks to Moki for coming… Read more

New release: Ant The Symbol rounds out his Isolation Trilogy with "Go It Alone"

Today we’ve got the final installment of Ant The Symbol’s, The Isolation Trilogy. Go It Alone serves as the perfect closing chapter in this outstanding sonic exploration that began with the release of I’m Not Them back in October of 2013. Once you’ve given this a good listen, I highly… Read more

New release: Ant The Symbol returns to Act Natural!

Back in October Ant The Symbol released the first installment of a trilogy of EPs. Today, he returns with the second inspired set of genre bending tunes! Thanks again to Ant for allowing blocSonic the pleasure of sharing your music with the world! Thank you for downloading and listening. I… Read more

New release: The arrival of Ant The Symbol!

Some say he’s able to create complete albums at the snap of his fingers. Others say that if he were to let loose all his sonic algorhythms, you’d surely go mad… so he holds back until humanity is ready. Still others say that he’s known as Just Plain Ant when… Read more

New release: Just Plain Ant's back with "Knowon"

Hello. Welcome back again. It’s good of you to stop by. Though of course you would, right? It’s that time again. The time for you to let Just Plain Ant take you on another sonic journey. With “Knowon”, Ant’s managed to cook up a fine mixture of introspection, soulful yet… Read more