As The Poets Affirm was a Canadian independent band from Ottawa, Ontario, formed in 2001. The band began as a three-piece acoustic project, and later evolved into a seven-member lineup experimenting with jazz, classical and electronica. Their name is taken from a line in Dante's Inferno. The band disbanded in 2007. This is their second and most successful album released in 2004. Highly recommended!
Tracer AMC are a post-rock band formed in Bangor, Northern Ireland in 1999. This is their debut full-length album, released in 2004, after a couple of singles and a split EP with Pelican. Really good post-rock album! Highly recommended!
Sumner McKane is a guitarist and composer from Maine, USA. His music is a combination of ambient soundscapes and psychedelia with some really skillful guitar playing. This is his first album. Beautiful music!
Grace Cathedral Park formed in 2002 in South Carolina, USA, as a collaboration among nine people wanting to create something beautiful and inimitable. This is their debut album and it's just stunning. Their music can be compared with bands like GYBE and Explosions in the Sky and Low. They do not dwell or dominate, but tiptoe gingerly, then sweep grandly, swallowing up listeners. Absolutely brilliant!
Magyar Posse is a Finnish post-rock band formed in 2000 in the city of Pori, Finland. Their music is instrumental and usually has a soundtrack-like atmosphere. Their biggest influence is Ennio Morricone, although they are clearly influenced by post-rock bands like GYBE, Sigur Ros and Tortoise. They have released 3 albums so far; this is their second one. You will love it! Highly recommended!
Parov Stelar, aka Marcus Füreder, is an Austrian artist that creates beautiful nu-jazz/electronic music. This is his first album, free jazz combined with the groove of house and breakbeat. Parov Stelar is the head of Etage Noir Recordings. Highly recommended album!
Eluvium is ambient recording artist Matthew Robert Cooper from Portland, Oregon (USA). In 2008 he released his first album, "Miniatures", under his birth name. I strongly recommend all his albums. This one is his second one, a personal favourite. Great ambient/piano music!
Flotation Toy Warning is a band from London, UK, formed in 2001. Their sound has been described as a cross between space rock and chamber pop, with musical similarities to bands such as Mercury Rev, The Flaming Lips, Grandaddy, Sparklehorse, The Unicorns, and Air. This is their wonderful debut released in 2004. Their second album, "The Machine That Made Us", will be released in 2009.
Elizabeth Anka Vagajic is a singer and guitarist from Montreal who writes dark folk/blues music. This is her excellent debut album released by the great independent label Constellation Records, the label of some of the greatest post-rock bands in the world (GYBE, Silver Mt. Zion and Do Make Say Think). A few members from those bands play in this record. Absolutely brilliant album!
