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Chillcast #191: Le Chill

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Last week I gave away a pair of tickets to a great event going on Nov 24th in San Fran called Le Chill Du Nord. The contest come up suddenly as I was recording the voice-overs, so this week I’m featuring music by the bands involved in the event. I’ve also got a brand new remix of my band, Lovespirals, by a former Chillcast Artist of the Week. The show is filled out by some great new podsafe and special permissions tracks, some by new bands to the show and others by some old favorites.

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Playlist:

  1. “Under The Trees” Mia Calderon Manik (2009) Buy on iTunes
  2. “Can Of Wormz” Divasonic ft. Atiim Chenzira Can Of Wormz EP (2009) Buy on iTunes
  3. “Mothership” Micropixie Alice In Stevie Wonderland (2009) Buy on iTunes
  4. “68” Under More Pleasant Grey (2009) Buy on iTunes
  5. “Perfect Weather (Divasonic Morning Sun Remix)” Weather Pending Digital Bliss Vol. 2 (2009) Buy on iTunes
  6. “I’m Tired” Xemplify Diamonds & Pearls Lounge Vol. 3 (2009) Buy on iTunes
  7. “In The Sunshine (Big Wheel Remix)” Sunburn in Cyprus single (2009) Download Free Mp3
  8. “Sorrento Mist” Bassik Grooove Bassik Moods (2009) Buy on iTunes | Download Free Mp3
  9. “Love (7 Day Visa Brooklyn Afterhours Mix)” Lovespirals Unreleased (2009) Buy on iTunes | Download Free Mp3
  10. “Come Closer (Original Mix)” Santerna ft. Marcie Come Closer (2009) Buy on Beatport
  11. “You’ve Changed (Lauren Flax Cover)” Sia Single (2009)  Download Free Mp3

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Le Chill Du Nord Concert:

The Beat Box Armada & Cafe du Nord present this year’s finest Tuesday night chill-out, featuring Below Zero, Under, Micropixie, Mia Calderon and Divasonic, plus art by Nicolette Nigro and Lark Calderon-Gomez, and a fashion experience by Itpapalotl. 100% of door sales and proceeds of art and merch go to Rape & Human-Trafficking Awareness. 21+. Nov 24 @ Cafe du Nord, San Francisco, CA 8pm. View the official Le Chill Du Nord Facebook event page. 

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Lovespirals ‘Future Past’ CD Released

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You can now buy Lovespirals’ brand new album, Future Past, exclusively from the Lovespirals webstore! This gorgeous 6-panel eco-friendly digipak includes all of Anji Bee’s song lyrics plus beautiful photography by Susan Jennings and original artwork/design by ithinkitsnice. The CD itself was replicated using real-time glass mastering and vintage CD manufacturing equipment for audiophile-class sound, care of Groove House Records. Anji (and Ryan) will personally autograph your copy if you request it, PLUS you’ll receive an immediate digital download of the album when you purchase the CD directly from Lovespirals. In keeping with this green release, the band are packaging orders in non-bleached mailers made of 90% recycled content (50% post-consumer). You can read more about the Future Past eco-friendly packaging in an earlier blog post. Future Past will also be distributed via Projekt Records, CD Baby, Amazon, iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody and all the usual online music sources, but the band wanted to make the album available to fans as soon as possible. As an independent band, it is difficult to schedule simultaneous release on all platforms, so those will be trickling in over the next few months. Please join the Lovespirals mailing list to keep up with the latest news and events.

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Future Past by Lovespirals released by Chillcuts Digital Media

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Chillcast #190: Let It Shine

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Sorry this week’s show is running late. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in all things Lovespirals, preparing for the imminent release of our new CD, Future Past. Today I’m premiering our first single from the album and I’m as nervous as a mother sending her child off to their first day at school! Our digipaks are all arriving here today via FedEx and I’m in a highly excitable state, but I still managed to put together a nice little show for ya’ll. Of particular note is the 3 song set of Drum ‘n’ Bass I close out with – quite rousing!

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Playlist:

  1. “Shine” Lovespirals Future Past (2009) Music Alley | Buy Autographed CD | Download Free Mp3
  2. “Lakeshore In Moonlight” Fonogeri Letters From Home (2009) Download Free Mp3
  3. “Pale September” Minus Blue ft. Claire Shofield Diamonds & Pearls Lounge Vol. 3 (2009) Buy on iTunes
  4. “And Her Smoke Rose Up Forever” The Warheads The School Teacher (2009) Download Free Mp3
  5. “Beware Of The Light” Jamie Lloyd Beware of the Light (2009) More On This Album | Download Free Mp3
  6. “Shame On Me (Yusek Remix)” Amanda Blank Shame On Me Remixes (2009) Download Free Mp3
  7. “Midnight (ft. Diane Carter)” Groove Junkies Moho Vaults Vol. 1 (2009) Buy at iTunes Music Store | Download Free Mp3
  8. “Time To Change (Original)” Dirrrty B Feel the Music EP (2009) Buy at iTunes Music Store | Download Free Mp3
  9. “Power Of The Sky” Dynamic Stab Above Water (2009) Buy at iTunes Music Store | Download Free Mp3
  10. “Starting Over (2009 Remix)” Blu Mar Ten Natural History (2009) Buy on iTunes

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Le Chill Du Nord Concert & Contest:

The Beat Box Armada & Cafe du Nord present this year’s finest Tuesday night chill-out, featuring Below Zero, Under, Micropixie, Mia Calderon and Divasonic, plus art by Nicolette Nigro and Lark Calderon-Gomez, and a fashion experience by Itpapalotl. 100% of door sales and proceeds of art and merch go to Rape & Human-Trafficking Awareness. 21+. Nov 24 @ Cafe du Nord, San Francisco, CA 8pm. View the official Le Chill Du Nord Facebook event page. Buy advanced tix at Brown Paper Tickets

Le Chill Du Nord by Le Chill du Nord

CONTEST DETAILS:

To enter for your chance to win a pair of tickets, please email beatboxarmada@gmail.com – Attn: Paz Davis in the subject line — and let them know that you’re entering The Chillcast Ticket Contest in the body of the email. GOOD LUCK!

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Chillin’ with Lovespirals #71

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Lovespirals bring you up to date with the release of their 4th album, Future Past. They’ve set the official pre-release date for Tuesday, Nov. 17th, but you can hear clips of every song right now on this very episode! Ryan and Anji also detail recent changes to lovespirals.com, including the new logo created by ithinkitsnice, new band photos by Susan Jennings, the Future Past discography page, audio clips, and album lyrics. They also give a big pitch for why you should join their Facebook page at facebook.com/lovespirals, invite you to join their street team with instructions for one simple task, and talk about their first interview for the new album. But the best story of this episode is about how English fan, Andrew Banville was FIRST to order the CD, for the 3rd time!!!

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Artist of the Month: Fonogeri

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Hungarian electronica producer, Fonogeri, has recently released all 3 of his soothing, melancholic chillout albums on Creative Commons music site, Jamendo. This means that you can stream every track in full AND download the mp3s absolutely FREE! His latest album, Letters From Home, was just released this past August and contains a staggering 20 tracks. After having sampled his earlier albums, I would have to agree with the artist statement that this is “Fonogeri’s hottest album.” While still retaining the ambient atmosphere of past releases, Letters adds “a bit of the Hungarian spice,” as the bio so aptly puts it. There is an edgier feeling to these compositions — perhaps a slight urban feel — that helps propel the album along. Breaking up the largely instrumental pieces are a few with vocal samples which add a more human element which I appreciate. The lyrics of “Tough Song,” in particular, add to that “urban” feel; “Uptown. Feeling it baby…” I could easily imagine Fonogeri’s music alongside the artists of Sine Music, Tyranno Lounge Records, or Billo Music. This is some pretty top notch chillout lounge, so I suggest you download it now while you can still get it for free!

Fonogeri

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Chillcast #189: Discoveries

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We’re back to the regular 1 hour format this week. Glad to have heard from so many of you that you enjoyed last week’s extended episode last week! This show is packed full of new musical discoveries from all over the world, including Norway, United States, Germany, Canada, Hungary, England — and even France and Nigeria if you count Tea. Only 3 free downloads this week, but with music this good, you will want to go buy it! And I hope you do, because all of these artists deserve our support.

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Download Chillcast #189: Discoveries (mp3)

Playlist:

  1. “Soon” Kate Havnevik Me EP (2009) Buy via PayPal
  2. “Tokyo in June” 7 Day Visa Tokyo (2009) Buy on iTunes
  3. “Vanilla” Life Audience Diamonds & Pearls Lounge Vol. 3 (2009) Buy on iTunes
  4. “Beautiful Once” Names Single (2009)
  5. “Dis Moi” Tea Dreams (2009) Buy on iTunes
  6. “Tough Song” Fonogeri Letters From Home (2009) Download Free Mp3
  7. “Sunrise” Polished Chrome First Experience (2009) Buy on iTunes
  8. “I Believe In Dreams” Groove Junkies, Andy Caldwell, Alexander Sky Moho Vaults Vol. 1 (2009) Buy at iTunes | Download Free Mp3
  9. “The Greasy Beat (ft. Bootsy Collins – Natural Funk Mix)” Claude VonStroke Bird Brain (2009) Buy on iTunes | Download Free Mp3
  10. “Nobody Here (ft. Kameel)” Blu Mar Ten Natural History (2009) Buy on iTunes

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Chillcast Listed “Top Resource”

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Last week, Ariel of Cyber PR selected The Chillcast as one of her Top 100 picks for the Indie Maximum Exposure List under Category 6- Online Resources (Where to Submit). This is an incredibly thorough list of resources for the independent musician with advice from a number of different people including Derek Sivers (founder of CDBaby), Jed Carlson & Lou Plaia (Reverb Nation), Tom Silverman (New Music Seminar & Tommy Boy) and, of course, Ariel Hyatt.

#80: The Chillcast: The Largest Podcast For Chillout & Electronica

The Chillcast is a weekly music podcast featuring hand picked podsafe music hosted by Anji Bee, vocalist of Lovespirals. Anji Bee is a Southern California vocalist, lyricist, podcaster and vidcaster. Anji’s podcast gets tens of thousands of downloads per show and Anji is always looking to discover great new artists in the genres listed.

Genres: Chillout, electronica, worldbeat, soul, and jazz.
www.thechillcast.com
– Ariel Hyatt

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Every Day Is Halloween – Postmarks

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Just thought I’d pop in to send you a little Halloween love with this free download by one of my fave indie pop bands, The Postmarks. They did a really cute cover of Ministry’s “Every Day Is Halloween” a few years back and are still offering it on their site. Because the navigation of their site does not allow one to link to specific pages, I can’t link to their audio section and am forced to deep link it directly here. Boo! But please do go visit the The Postmarks site as they have more free songs, videos, and fun stuff to check out.

Download The Postmarks “Every Day Is Halloween” (mp3)

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Artist of the Week: 7 Day Visa

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7 Day Visa is the musical project of electronica producer, Jamahl Richardson AKA Natural Fact. After having toured Japan with Chillcast regulars, The Shanghai Restoration Project, Richardson was inspired to create music based on his experiences in this new country. The result is an 8 song album, Tokyo, which truly brings to life the sounds of this magical city in musical form. It’s almost hard to believe these songs were created by an Oakland native living in Brooklyn! Not only is the music of this album totally engrossing — yet fairly laidback — but the accompanying artwork and website add even more to the experience. Be sure to read the “scrapbook” segment of 7dayvisa.com to learn more about each song’s inspiration — complete with gorgeous photography — and the “sights and sounds” section for additional video footage and photos set to a sampler of music from the album. Even more exciting is that this is just the first in a planned series of travel-related albums from 7 Day Visa, released on the Undercover Culture Music label (run by Dave Liang of Shanghai Restoration Project) . You can be sure you’ll be hearing more about those on upcoming episodes!

7 Day Visa
“Sakura Stroll” (mp3)
from “Tokyo”
(Undercover Culture Music)

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Chillcast #188: Halloween Chillout

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You must be thinking, “What? Anji found Halloween-themed chillout songs?” No. Not at all. This is simply a mellow 2-hour DJ mix of downtempo, lounge, and worldbeat tunes for you to enjoy  over this holiday weekend. Or wait ’til Monday and listen at work, it’s all up to you. Every song is a free download care of Promonet, so grab ’em while they’re hot and enjoy! I’ll be back with some great new releases next week, just wait…

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Download Chillcast #188: Halloween Chillout (mp3)

Playlist:

  1. Late - Night Party Vol. 7Paris Barlow
    “Therapy Sound” (mp3)
    from “Late – Night Party Vol. 7”
    (Billo Music)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  2. Lounge & Deep House CollectionLounge Patio
    “Close to Me” (mp3)
    from “Lounge & Deep House Collection”
    (Billo Music)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  3. Upper East Side Hotel CompilationSTRING15 EXPERIENCE
    “Red Carpet” (mp3)
    from “Upper East Side Hotel Compilation”
    (Billo Music)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  4. Late - Night Party Vol. 6Jay Waldren
    “Moonrise In My Mind” (mp3)
    from “Late – Night Party Vol. 6”
    (Billo Music)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  5. ChilloutPortofino Lounge
    “Remember Me” (mp3)
    from “Chillout”
    (Shake Records)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  6. About TimePan Electric, Ishq
    “Forever” (mp3)
    from “About Time”
    (Absolute Ambient)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  7. Sattva - The Essence Of BeingManish Vyas
    “Meera” (mp3)
    from “Sattva – The Essence Of Being”
    (White Swan Records)
    Buy at eMusic
    More On This Album

  8. Late - Night Party Vol. 2Off Stage
    “Misty” (mp3)
    from “Late – Night Party Vol. 2”
    (Billo Music)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  9. Plutonium GlowVanessa Daou
    “Make Believe” (mp3)
    from “Plutonium Glow”
    (Daou Records)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  10. Portofino SkyRebelbit
    “The Music” (mp3)
    from “Portofino Sky”
    (Shake Records)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  11. Miami Cocktail Party Vol. 2Sweet Ocean
    “Lounge Night” (mp3)
    from “Miami Cocktail Party Vol. 2”
    (Billo Music)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  12. Clean MachineNumatic Soul
    “Wash” (mp3)
    from “Clean Machine”
    (Ball of Waxx)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  13. Touched ShatteredVincent Licata, Domgua, Marc Borlet
    “Touched” (mp3)
    from “Touched Shattered”
    (Super 6 Records)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  14. City of SoundsViggo Steincke
    “City of Sounds” (mp3)
    from “City of Sounds”
    (Steincke Records)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  15. Groove Closet: Downtempo Bedroom Beats from Ball of WaxxSeed
    “Psycho Sol” (mp3)
    from “Groove Closet: Downtempo Bedroom Beats” (Ball of Waxx)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  16. Sunday MorningSebastian Davidson
    “Sunday Morning” (mp3)
    from “Sunday Morning”
    (Night Drive Music)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  17. Hotel Deluxe - World TravellerEdson X
    “Coqueiros” (mp3)
    from “Hotel Deluxe – World Traveller”
    (Azul Music)
    Buy at Rhapsody
    More On This Album

  18. Groove Lotion Vol. 2Monodeluxe
    “Verdana” (mp3)
    from “Groove Lotion Vol. 2”
    (Vibe Boutique Records)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

  19. Reissue DubsDeepchild
    “Tronic Dub” (mp3)
    from “Reissue Dubs”
    (Future Classic)
    Buy at Rhapsody
    More On This Album

  20. Nor-tec CollectionJohn Costello
    “El Golpe” (mp3)
    from “Nor-tec Collection”
    (Fervor Records)
    Buy at Rhapsody
    More On This Album

  21. Grand QuartersMr.De’
    “Sex On The Beach 2000” (mp3)
    from “Grand Quarters”
    (Electrofunk Records)
    Buy at iTunes Music Store
    More On This Album

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