“trip-hop” Posts

fortyFive Friday: We kick off 2015 with another one by Marco Mestichella!

I want to start off by wishing a very Happy New Year to each and every one of you! 2014 was a hell of a year here at blocSonic, packed with great music… and we’ve got more where that came from. A new website is on the way, hopefully within… Read more

fortyFive Friday: Today we introduce you to Marco Mestichella!

Today we’re very happy to present to you the music of Marco Mestichella! Originally from Italy and now based out of London, Marco brings you his ‘Ill-Pop’ sound along with co-producer, Bristolian arranger/composer Joe Rodwell. Ill-Pop can best be described as a blend of trip-hop, soft-rock, retro-pop and cinematic soundtracks.… 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: Volume 47 of our netBloc series has arrived!

As is the usual with our netBloc series, netBloc Vol. 47: Grooves For The Sentient is packed with incredible music from around the globe that’s been released under a Creative Commons (CC) license. There’s little chance that you won’t find something on it that completely grabs you. With this series,… Read more

New release: #returnofthenetbloc!

After a shocking nine months since the last netBloc release, I’m very happy to say that we return today with Volume 46 of the series with “#returnofthenetlboc”! The reasons for such a lengthy delay are many… among which are… busy release schedule… difficulty locking down all tracks, causing a record… Read more

New release: Zengineers' blocSonic premier!

It’s been a long time that I’ve been a fan of Zengineers. They were featured on our second netBloc release and their remixes can also be found on three of our maxBloc singles. I’m very happy to present to you this special release, “Bitter Lemon EP”. It may be a… Read more

New release: Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011. Ladies & gents… netBloc Vol. 31!

2010 has been an incredible year for blocSonic. We’ve had Boots Riley on ETHX’ “Boom to Bloom” and Chuck D on Just Plain Ant’s “Rumble, Young Man, Rumble”. We’ve released our first indie and pop albums with Friends or Whatever’s self-titled debut, Garmisch’s self-titled blocSonic debut and Liam Stewart’s “Sixteen… Read more

New release: netBloc Vol. 29: Fantastic! Incredible! Stupendous!

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… Read more

netBloc Vol. 28 is here! Why You Get A Record Deal?

Since 2007 we’ve been giving you these fantastic collections of netaudio in hopes that it introduces you to a new world of music that’s available on the web. This time around is no different… except in one way. It’s quite literally the first time that the final line-up is the… Read more

It’s here! netBloc Vol. 27: Straight Outta The FMA

As of the time of this writing, not even a year after it’s launch, WFMU’s Free Music Archive already boasts nearly 18,000 free music tracks from a wide array of genres. It’s an interesting collection in that it not only features music that comes from the world of netaudio/netlabels, but… Read more