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by Kevin MacLeod
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A collection of classical tracks recorded by Kevin MacLeod under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Famous pieces, including Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra , and Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, settle in nicely among Kevin Macleod's own compositions. Found at http://incompetech.com .
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Classical_Sampler/
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by Death Grips
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by COOLRUNNINGS
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/COOLRUNNINGS/BABES_FOREVER/
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by Death Grips
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Death_Grips/Death_Grips/
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by Ultrabunny
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The first studio album from Ultrabunny - Connecticut's Elder Statesmen of Noise Rock. more info here : PLAY AT MAXIMUM VOLUME ALLOWED BY LAW. 01. Civilian Contracted Interrogator 02. Project Gemini 03. Controlled Flight Into Terrain 04. Lunch At The Modern 05. Squirrel Attack (schnauzer mix) 06. 391 Bowery 07. Three Gents In A Jam 08. The Thrill Of It All   ©2012 Ultrabunny. All songs by Bunny/Tent/Beest except "The Thrill of it All" by Bryan Ferry and "391 Bowery" by...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ultrabunny/The_Third_Ultrabunny_Album/
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by TerbujurKaku
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Debut album of TerbujurKaku is a remix album fuses popular dangdut/disco koplo songs with breakcore and drum n' bass. Disko/dangdut koplo is a popular underground contemporary dance musicin Indonesia, similar like techno brega in Brazil.
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/TerbujurKaku/Megamix_Album/
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by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players
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The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni ) is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi's best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque music. The texture of each concerto is varied, each resembling its respective season. For example, "Winter" is peppered with silvery pizzicato notes from the high strings, calling to mind icy rain, whereas "Summer" evokes a thunderstorm in its final movement,...
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/John_Harrison_with_the_Wichita_State_University_Chamber_Players/The_Four_Seasons_Vivaldi/
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by The Conet Project
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Now you will be able to hear this unique and extraordinary phenomenon for yourself, as Irdial-Discs releases THE CONET PROJECT: the first comprehensive collection of Numbers Stations recordings released to the public. This Quadruple CD is an important historical reference work for research into this hitherto unreported and unknown field of espionage. The CDs contain 150 recordings spanning the last twenty years; taken from the private archives of dedicated shortwave radio listeners from around...
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Conet_Project/The_Conet_Project/
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by TV Girl
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by junior85
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This music was made as part of a commission to create music utilising binaural beats. Each of these tracks are designed to bring brain activity gradually down to the level of deep relaxation.
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/junior85/Sleep_Music/
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by DJ Donna Summer
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A bevy of remixes of the first song off DJ Donna Summer's "Panther Tracks" Please check the artists websites, they all rule: Aaron Spectre - http://www.myspace.com/aaronspectre Black Rabbit - http://www.myspace.com/theblackrabbitmyspace DJ C - http://www.myspace.com/djc Glowstyx - http://www.myspace.com/glowstyxxx Hard Off - hard.off@gmail.com Karsten Pflum - http://www.myspace.com/pflum Ladyscraper - http://www.myspace.com/ladyscraper Nero's Day At Disneyland -...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/DJ_Donna_Summer/Rock_Rock_Rock_Remixes/
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by The Womb
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by Kimiko Ishizaka
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This is a new recording of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, BWV 988. Recorded by Kimiko Ishizaka on a Bösendorfer 290 Imperial in the Teldex Studio, Berlin, produced by Anne-Marie Sylvestre, this recording is the first fan-funded, open source, and completely free recording ever produced. Every part of it is free for you to use, share, and copy.  via Open Goldberg Variations Project
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kimiko_Ishizaka/The_Open_Goldberg_Variations/
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by Scott Holmes
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Attention! For copyright reasons, please email me confirming the song/s you would like to use so I can give you permission.  scottianholmes@live.com Thank you.
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by Kevin MacLeod
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Great Jazz selections from Kevin MacLeod's royalty-free Creative Commons licensed website http://incompetech.com .
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Jazz_Sampler/
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by Pablo Ribot
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Pablo Ribot's second release on S27 comes in the form of an homage to the Science retro-futuristic fiction genre of film and television. "Sci-Fi Vol.1" is the first instalment of a forthcoming three volumes coming over the next few months and the material featured on this segment is taken from archives of music created, composed and produced by Pablo Ribot between 2007 and 2008. It also features a brilliant blend of Electronic music fusing elements of glitch-hop, jazz and...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pablo_Ribot/Sci-Fi_Vol1/
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by ZUHN
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second album of zuhn in los EMES most successful grandest most diabolical the previous listen to this little marvel
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by Custodian of Records
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Presented By Grandgood.com released 19 February 2013  all remixes, beats produced by The Custodian of Records.  Mastered By Michael "St Mic" Moxham  Cover By Set Rule and TCOR.  Logo & Title art By Sol Zalez
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Custodian_of_Records/The_Remixes_Vol_2/
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by White Noise
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An hour of white noise. Volume 2 coming soon. Photo by luisa ribas http://www.flickr.com/photos/66947678@N00/4345932866
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by melodysheep
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By remixing ordinary science lectures and documentaries with uplifting and exciting music, the series puts a new spin on science, appealing to students, teachers, and laymen. Since its launch in Fall 2009, Symphony of Science has been featured on CNN, NPR, Wired, Adult Swim, and many more outlets. The videos have attracted over 30 million views online, resulting in the release of the first single, A Glorious Dawn, on Jack White's Third Man Records label, as well as Best Of and Collector's...
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Did somebody order a pizza? Or, does someone need their sinks...unclogged? Whatever. The plot doesn't really matter. I'm here. Let's bump silicone in soft focus. Grunts. Yeahs. Cue the porn music. Here we have the first entry in the wildly popular, wildly erotic "Wakka Chikka Wakka Chikka" series, presented by the venerable Comfort Stand Recordings . It's a simple concept - have a bunch of international recording artists render their own version of the barely noticeable but totally...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Various_Artists/Wakka_Chikka_Wakka_Chikka_Volume_1/
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by Martin Luther King
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These are speeches by American civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King . The first is King's infamous "I Have a Dream" speech delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. The second is a speech given January 14, 1968, at a demonstration supporting anti-war activitists, including singer Joan Baez , imprisoned at the Santa Rita Prison in California. The recording of Dr. King's speech was produced by Colin Edwards for KPFA radio the day...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Martin_Luther_King/The_Speeches/
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by Jan Morgenstern
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Original score for the 2008 Sacha Goedegebure short film, Big Buck Bunny .
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jan_Morgenstern/Big_Buck_Bunny/
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by iot
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Recorded in February 2004 and released in January 2009, this is iot's swan song, rounding out a trilogy of albums spanning over ten years.
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/iot/Love_Songs/
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by Oval
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Oval released his album Ringtone II as a companion piece to his two albums Oh and O , both released in 2010. They are available for purchase below, through Thrill Jockey.
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Oval/Ringtone_II/
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by Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai
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Arbiter Records brings you an excerpt from one of their latest traditional world music albums. Taishikichô Chôshi is a particular style of Japanese Gagaku music (traditional Japanese Imperial Court Music), recorded in 1941. Other works on the album include mulitiple varieties of Gagaku music as well as traditional Buddhist sutras. The whole album can be purchased online at Qualiton Imports Ltd .
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kokusai_Bunka_Shinkokai/Japanese_Traditional_Music/
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by Glass Candy
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Glass Candy's first official full length LP. Their debut album, "Love Love Love", available on Troubleman Unlimited Records. Recorded as Death Disco betwenn November/December, 2001. Ida No - vocals Ginger Peach - drums Johnny Jewel - guitar Track #4, the cover of the Rolling Stones' "Last Time", is only available on the official release
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Glass_Candy/Love_Love_Love/
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by Silver Process
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FANTASTIC PLANET (1973) directed by   René Laloux La Planète sauvage AKA Fantastic Planet is a surrealist story based on the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Set in a far distant world human beings or "Oms"have been domesticated by the gigantic Draags. Wild Oms however are a problem and are exterminated by the dozen. One domesticated om Terr is able to escape his masters with a headset that puts information directly into the brain. Armed now with the Draags technology he leads...
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Silver_Process/Fantastic_Planet/
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by Claudio Nuñez
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"Love hurts" is the side B of "The tension of the strings" (it was recorded the same day). Like the first session is a set of 5 compositions in real time for classical guitar solo with some extended techniques and a little of everything in terms of textures, styles, harmonic, rhythmic and melodic explorations but with the accent in more romantic and melodic mood" From: http://www.acustronica.com/albums/91-lovehurts.html
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Claudio_Nuez/Love_Hurts/
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by Post Mortem Photographs
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" This eerie netrelease comes courtesy of newish French imprint La Manufacture De Bruit, which translates as The Factory of Noise (thank you internet translator). Researching this duo, comprising David Vallée and Stéphane F was a bit of a task and I certainly don’t recommend blindly typing Post Mortem Photographs into Google. Still, they got my attention and I’m glad I investigated further. This record is split into 8 movements and one 12 second interlude and focuses on the duo’s...
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Post_Mortem_Photographs/Post_Mortem_Photographs/
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by Reverend Gary Davis
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Arbiter Records brings you an excerpt from one of their latest world music albums. A never before heard improvisation from Rev. Gary Davis, Fast Blues in A is a blues guitar tune based on the song "Mountain Jack".  Recorded 1955 - 1957. Other works on the album include West Coast Blues, Two-Step, Candyman, My Heart is Fixed, and other blues favorites. The whole album can be purchased online at Qualiton Imports Ltd .
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Reverend_Gary_Davis/The_Sun_of_Our_Lives/
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by MIT Concert Choir
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THE PERFORMERS Dr. William Cutter, Director, presents the MIT Concert Choir, December 2, 2006, Kresge Auditorium, MIT. Featuring: David Collins, pianist Joshua Li, baritone Stephan Jung, baritone Daniel Cunningham, baritone Michael Johnson, bass Sudeep Agarwala, tenor Elisabeth Hon, soprano THE WORK Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935 and 1936. It is based on 24 of the secular poems found in the medieval collection Carmina Burana organized into a libretto, mostly in...
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MIT_Concert_Choir/Carmina_Burana_Carl_Orff/
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by MIT Concert Choir
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The MIT Symphony Orchestra supports the MIT Concert Choir in this performance of Franz Joseph Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten ( The Seasons ).  The choir is conducted by William Cutter. In failing health near the end of his musical career, Haydn composed this work over two years while struggling with a libretto prepared by Austrian nobleman Baron Gottfried van Swieten, who also penned the libretto for Haydn's popular The Creation .  The text is based on the poem "The Seasons" by English...
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by Leon Lishner
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Operatic bass-baritone Leon Lishner and friends perform a collection of international folk songs concerning war, battle, and peace. Lishner is joined by Roger Nelson (tenor and musical coordinator), Thomasa Eckert (soprano), Rinde Eckert (tenor), Carol Sams (mezzo-soprano), Clan Stewart Pipe Band (track 2, and others. For more detailed information about the songs in this 2-LP set, see the Freedman Catalogue at the University of Pennsylvania. Leon Lishner entry at Wikipedia Leon Lishner obituary...
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by Happy Elf; Klaz*
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According to the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia "modern numerology attaches a series of digits to an inquirer's name and uses these, along with the date of birth, to reveal the person's true nature and prospects (using a method analogous to that of the Greek and Hebrew alphabets in which each letter also represented a number)." It also says that "numerology is based on the assertion by Pythagoras that all things can be expressed in numerical terms, because they are ultimately...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Happy_Elf/Numerology/
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by Adam & Alma
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Adam & Alma is a young electro duo from Stockholm, Sweden, who now release their debut-EP Back To The Sea. The duo consists of Ellen Arkbro and Johan Graden. With roots in jazz, and also strongly influenced by American indie pop and Swedish electro, they create their own musical universe. Electronic sounds, Johan's piano and Ellen's voice make a unique sonority that brings the electronic back to the organic. Back To The Sea is a collection of the first songs they made together. - 23 Seconds...
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Adam__Alma/Back_To_The_Sea/
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by Audio K
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Just some old song
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by Felipe Sarro
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Brazillian pianist Felipe Sarro performs original works by German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach , as well as nine transcriptions of Bach's work for piano by Russian composer Alexander Ilyich Siloti . Sarro performed all pieces on a Grotrian-Steinweg Concertino piano. There are over 1,000 known compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (Bach Works Catalogue) is a numbering system identifying his compositions. The prefix BWV, followed by the work's...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Felipe_Sarro/Bach_Original_works_and_transcriptions/
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by Phizmiz & KIllerwhale
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On the occasion of her 30th birthday, we pass on a Bon Anniversaire to Beyonce Knowles, and wish her all the best of luck and happiness. Let's raise a glass to the next 30 years of soulful R & B.   By way of wishing her happy birthday, we take lines for a walk around "Survivor", "Independent Woman", "Crazy in Love" and "Single Ladies".   Recorded at Grindia, Bridport, 04/09/2011, straight to cassette tape.   Amie "Killerwhale" Willingale...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Phizmiz__KIllerwhale/Happy_Birthday_Beyonce/
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by Kevin MacLeod
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Oddities/
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by Silver Process
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During the 2nd set on 4/16/12 of Silver Process at Spectacle Theatre , this time joined by Megumi Saruhashi on violin to re-imagine the score for the very 1st cinematic version from 1903 of Alice In Wonderland by Cecil M. Hepworth & Percy Stow
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Silver_Process/Alice_In_Wonderland_1903/
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by Grand Mal
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Named after a form of a seizure, Bill Whitten’s aural experiment Grand Mal has almost the same heart-wrenching effect. Almost. “Lower Yer Heart,” off sixth album Clandestine Songs (out July 20 via the Grover label), begins with quiet piano drops and guitar strums between multi-layered exaltations to the power of love. Then, in the fashion of Architecture In Helsinki, the sweet ditty collects speed and instruments to cresendo into a full-blown rock ‘n’ roll anthem, complete with...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Grand_Mal/Clandestine_Songs/
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by I Was A Teenage Strangler Soundtrack
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FMA SOUNDTRACKS   I WAS A TEENAGE STRANGLER SOUNDTRACK By Alien Pornography   The very 1st Misty Mundae movie! Softcore princess Misty Mundae (Chantal, The Rage) in her first film role ever! A swingin’ party where ghastly teens indulge in liquor, mind-altering substances and acts of lewdness, defilement and promiscuity...A sexually depraved lunatic on the prowl, bent on wringing the life from these helpless youth...A night of bizarre and unspeakable atrocities that will have you, too, in...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/I_Was_A_Teenage_Strangler_Soundtrack_1734/I_Was_A_Teenage_Strangler_Soundtrack_1372/
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by The Music of Ancient Greece
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""The music of ancient Greece was almost universally present in society, from marriages and funerals to religious ceremonies, theatre, folk music and the ballad-like reciting of epic poetry. It thus played an integral role in the lives of ancient Greeks. There are significant fragments of actual Greek musical notation as well as many literary references to ancient Greek music, such that some things can be known—or reasonably surmised—about what the music sounded like, the general...
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by Robbie Fulks
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Robbie's debut CD was the surprise hit of '96, and served notice that a) Country Music did NOT have to suck b) that he was a top-notch songwriter and performer and c) things in the underground country scene were never going to be the same. Truly the bar had been raised. A classic. Let's let Robbie describe it: "13 original country songs with an early 50's production aesthetic (hot vocals, robust bass, live instrumental tracks) and arrangement, reviving certain types of songs long abandoned...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Robbie_Fulks/Country_Love_Songs/
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by David Szesztay
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A diverse collection of instrumental acoustic guitar tracks.
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by Dexter Britain
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Volume. 5 of my Creative Commons Collections.This one is all about classical sountracks and just some instrumentals that have a classical. Featuring new tracks and some from my back catalogue spanning from 2007.   More tracks available at soundcloud.com/dexterbritain
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by Black Bones
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Black_Bones/Pirates_of_the_Coast/
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by Motown Meltdown; Qulfus
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The follow up to the international sensation, Motown Meltdown, is here! Spurred on by popular demand, the brain trust at Gigante Sound proudly brings you Motown Meltdown: Volume 2 ! The deadly duo of Blanketship and Qulfus have now opened their vault of Motown karaoke and original multi-track recordings to other artists. Alongside our two tunesmiths, featured on this release are: mashup maniac Rokhausen, electro -chemist Vytear, dub maestro Lord Tang, and Gigante Sound's own T H E M A Y S...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Motown_Meltdown_Volume_2_1743/Motown_Meltdown_Volume_2/
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by Classwar Karaoke
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People are being undertaken. Losses of versatility are routinely brokered from the annual resurrections. The ripened are understood as doxa that is held beyond us. Our age is mired in a perfidious slush of stella vegetable pi. Note, dear friends, these cut throats:    05_Elements: In spring 2012, I began inviting players whose work I like to contribute improvised parts towards a long-term project with the working-title of 'Elements'. The intention was that each player contributes in...
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by Roger McGuinn
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From Roger McGuinn's "The Folk Den Project" page: "In November of 1995 I began a project for the preservation of the music I love, Folk Music. Each month I would record a song, print the lyrics and chords, add a personal note and put it on my web site, mcguinn.com. I wanted everyone to have the opportunity to learn the songs and to be able to sing them with their families and friends, so downloads were offered free of charge." The lyrics, chords, and notes on each song can...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Roger_McGuinn/Folk_Den_Project/
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by Classwar Karaoke
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  02_Elements: In spring 2012, I began inviting players whose work I like to contribute improvised parts towards a long-term project with the working-title of 'Elements'. The intention was that each player contributes in isolation, without any knowledge about the other players taking part. After gathering a workable pool of these parts, I then began composing with these elements - processing, editing and such like - along with adding my own work. This is the eleventh of these pieces, comprised...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Classwar_Karaoke/Classwar_Karaoke_-_0021_Survey/
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by aboombong
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Style(s): afro-ambient noise, musique concrète, minimalism, experimental Toys: field recording, split bamboo marimba, Turkish darbuka, Punjabi ektara, Vietnamese jack fruit danmo, camel bells, elephant bells, goat bells, bone cymbal mallets, Trinidadian tenor steelpan, homemade surdo, piano, 5-string prepared electric guitar, Kawai K3, sequencer, effects, tape-manipulation, drum kit.
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/aboombong/asynchronic/
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by Wired Magazine; Chuck D
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This CD was distributed along with Wired Magazine's Nov 2004 issue. It is a collection of songs produced under Creative Commons, inspired by Creative Commons' remix website, ccMixter. "Rip, mix, burn. Swap till you drop. The music cops can't do a thing - it's 100 percent legal, licensed by the bands. The Wired CD , copyrighted for the 21st century." check out Wired Magazine's page for this release here , with a great article by Thomas Goetz. Also check it out on ccMixter here .
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Wired_Magazine/The_WIRED_CD_Rip_Sample_Mash_Share/
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by Masters Remastered
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We challenge YOU to take a well-known and loved piece of classical music and MAKE IT COOL AGAIN (or weirder, or slower, or whatever you want)! Challenge runs from March 9th until April 3rd. All compositions come from the public domain and are put back into the public domain using a CC0 license . 
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by Alan Singley
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This is a modern orchestral album. It's perfect for meditation and massage. A piano, organ, and 7 strings, recorded in one take at Portland's oldest church. It's a tender, sweet and reflective symphony. credits released 18 November 2013  The Orchestra:  Violin - Sharon Cannon  Violin - Teri Untalan  Viola - Eric Tergerson  Cello - Kina Miur  Cello - Samantha Kushnick  Double Bass (Bowed) - Joseph Spencer Chamberlain  Double Bass (Pizzicato) - Darren Moore  Pipe Organ - Erik Karter ...
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by Sro
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What's in our heads?  Music Video for Greener Pastures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xj7_z6yKCA Follow me on twitter, instagram, soundcloud and check out my other stuff if you're looking for more. Always enjoy hearing what someone thinks of the music.
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by Uncle Neptune
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Hello world! Happy Netlabel Day, as Happy Puppy Records is mighty chuffed to re-release the 3rd (and believed to be final) album by Uncle Neptune, originally released in 2003. This completes the 'trilogy' that began back in 2013 when we put his first album back online again after a 10 year absence, followed up by Music for A Rainy Day. And now, Uncle Neptune is joined by a cast of friends with a jolly-roger bucket full of great singable tunes, as all of his albums are. If you haven't heard...
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by Howie Mitchell
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This is a self-recorded cassette labeled only "Early 70s." Howie sings and plays dulcimer and wooden banjo.
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by Jason Shaw
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Jason Shaw's music is a great resource for anyone interested in using CC licensed music in their next project. This is a collection of his acoustic, folk, and country tracks.
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw/Audionautix_Acoustic/
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by Terre Thaemlitz
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Over four years in production, Terre Thaemlitz’s “Soulnessless” promises to be more than a long anticipated follow-up to Thaemlitz’ final electroacoustic album for Mille Plateaux, Lovebomb/愛の爆弾, which was quietly released without fanfare (or payment) at the verge of their bankruptcy in 2003. It shall present a real, material response to the dilemmas of contemporary digital audio production, all the while leading listeners through a multi-media series of twists and turns that...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Terre_Thaemlitz/Soulnessless/
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by Mahogany Marie
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by Classwar Karaoke
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{AN} Eel, Chris Tonelli and Furchick : SOrrr Y sorry Sorry for the Confusion 16-PARAL-LEL : a double-deaf trial called PARAL-LEL: several artists/musicians were invited to contribute one or more tracks of about three minutes which are randomly combined. editing (minimal) and mix by Hopek Quirin and Kris Limbach. this is result number 16 of the experiment: 16-PARAL-LEL ñ Jacki Engelken (guitar), Der Gorilla Knurr (cut-ups), Hopek Quirin (bass) / 16-PARAL-LEL was played "deaf" live in...
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by Firewater
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In 2005, Firewater's Tod A embarked on what would become a three year sabbatical through the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia. He had recently split with his wife; George W. Bush had just been re-elected; New York, his home for the last 20 years, had become a cold and foreign place. He wasn't even sure he wanted to make music anymore. "I was extremely depressed. The NYC skyline looked like bad wallpaper to me. It was either kill myself or hit the road," he...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Firewater/The_Golden_Hour/
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by The New Happy Birthday Song Contest
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WFMU  and the  Free Music Archive  are challenging songwriters everywhere to unseat “Happy Birthday to You” from it’s cultural throne by composing possible replacements. The Birthday Song Contest seeks a few new Happy Birthday songs that are simple and catchy, with great earworm potential that can be sung in restaurants, bowling alleys, and even in TV shows and movies – free of charge.   The song "Happy Birthday To You" is the most recognizable song in the English...
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by Martha and the Muffins
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Metro Music (1979)
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by Cool Devices
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The difference between zero and one is very subtle, one is zero and zero is one, there isn’t any difference. But in the end, it’s all we’ve got. When I asked to join the pirate ship called Cool Devices, my heart was in the gutter, my mind was clouded with chemicals and false expectations, my confusion was at an all-time high and my love for life was at its lowest. Enter Jason Frederick. Poet, painter, newlywed, freak, lover of life, speaker of mind, whistle blower, thirty-something angry...
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cool_Devices/Cool_Devices/
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by Bruce Miller
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a collection of field recordings from India The music here was recorded by myself between mid-Aug./mid-Oct. 2008 with a mini-disc player and a Sony multi-directional stereo mic. The areas covered are: Assame (mostly Guwahati) in the country's overlooked NE, Darjeeling, Varanassi and 4 places in Rajasthan (Udaipur, Jodphur, Pushkar and most importantly, Jaisalmer, in the region's western desert).  I'm not an ethno-musicologist, but have been fanatical about folk music from all over the world...
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broos/Field_Recordings_from_India/
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by Le Manque
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Quand 1 écrivain et 1 musicien décident de faire de leur croupissement à Chartres le point de départ d’un projet artistique mêlant musique, cinéma et écriture, cela donne Le Manque . 3 albums à découvrir de toute urgence pour qui n’a pas froid aux oreilles : de la chanson provoc’ et corrosive à souhait où ces 2 héros de la loose au cœur tendre se permettent à peu près tout. Si ça écorche sévèrement, l’autodérision n’est jamais loin (morceau en extrait). Et s’ils...
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by Dildo
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Dildo: Cathy Heyden: saxophone, perc, vocal Ben Ajrab: Bass, rythmik box, vocal Thierry Müller: guitar, tone generator Live sessions recorded on 2 tracks recorder
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by Bondage Fairies
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Cheap Italian Wine is Bondage Fairies highly awaited album follow-up of their smash debut What you didn't know when you hired me (2005). Bondage Fairies is Elvis Creep and Deus Deceptor, their music have evolved from Nintendo punk on their first album to a more complex mix with influences from both southern gothic mysticism and sound experiments of the 70s, still electro driven rock n roll with punk attitude and always pointed away from the ordinary norms of know social behaviour.
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Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Bondage_Fairies/Cheap_Italian_Wine/
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by No Loli-Gagging
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Lolicore album by US project No Loli-Gagging. Mixing influences from hardcore, breakcore, speedcore, gabber, trance, drum n bass, techno, house, noise and even ambient. All with the usual heavy dosage of high pitched lolita vocals and abrupt track endings.
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by Plebs & Fuckboys
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No information included. No explanation necessary. You won't remember forever. You can't hold on for long. Your name just a whisper when you go, who knows which one it really was. You can't be called anymore. You're not needed. Sinking, and with you the names you gave and had been. "SeenZone Blues is the third album we've worked on together. This album explores the online world in more detail. If there was an overall theme to it, it would be our take on the absurdities of social media and...
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by The Impossebulls
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Want high-resolution album art, liner-notes or lossless FLAC audio? Check out the blocSonic release page ! Back in the early noughts, Public Enemy ’s Chuck D formed the world’s first virtual rap squad called The Impossebulls from a group of talented fans who frequented PE’s online forum, the Enemy Board . In 2004, the Bulls released their sophomore album, “Slave Education” , to retail via Chuck D’s SLAMjamz Records . In partnership with SLAMjamz, blocSonic recently re-released this...
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by Kevin MacLeod
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Royalty-free, attribution licensed Funk tracks by Kevin MacLeod from his site http://incompetech.com
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Funk_Sampler/