A Commons Holiday Music Guide Part Three
In today’s installment of CerebralRift’s A Commons Holiday Music Guide we have a grab bag of compilations and releases from various artists. Prepare for a ride as we run though the extremely diverse, and sometimes downright strange land of Holiday Music in the Commons.
It appears that some of the Jamendo embeds are not working properly. I don’t know if this is a problem with Jamendo, or if some artists are blocking their works from being embedded. Either way, I will leave the embeds in the article in the event that they start working later.Magnetic Wind
Magnetic Wind (aka Jessica Waters) is from Denver Colorado. She composes and performs long form ambient works. In 2012 she released three long-form tracks under the title Sleep In heavenly Piece. In 2014 she released Silent Night and Angels We Have Heard On High on Jamendo.
Compilations
There are compilations for nearly every taste on the internet. Here’s a selection of a few from Jamendo, BandCamp and the Free Music Archive.
The Rushcoil XMAS Compilation 2010 focuses on electronic and chiptune versions of many Holiday favorites and standards. Perfect for gamers and geeks of all sorts.
The Badgerland compilations are focus on folk rock recordings. Here we present their 2010, 2011 and 2012 releases.
@diffuser is a French review site for free music. They regularly release compilations of muxic that have become essential listening for many who pay attention to Creative Commons music. Here we present the @diffuser Holiday compilation.
EP’s
Kathleen Martin has produced an EP of Christmas Carols in multiple languages. A truely international effort with an old-timey feel.
The OO-Ray Snowglobe EP is not explicitly holiday or Christmas themed, but rather a set of seasonal impressions.
Jonathan Mann has a bit of a different take on Christmas in A Very Ice King Christmas. This 10 minute EP is filled with acoustic rock tracks about Christmas day “in the apocalyptic wasteland”.
I’m sure for all these years you’ve wondered what would the holidays be like without some noisy, lo-fi, experimental works. Well, even if you never have wondered that question the Dugneon Broads are here with a Very Messy Holiday to show you what it is like with some really noisey, experimental works.
Singles
Finally we have a bunch of music from all sorts of artists: Stellar Art Wars, Löhstana David, Akashic Records, Kev Moore, Moira Waugh, Bacon & Bathwater, Derek Clegg, Ergo Phizmiz, Asian Mae, Bugs and Rats, Candlegravity, Vitamin Pets, Lee Rosevere, and Dott. This is a literal grab bag of styles: folk, pop, noise, and ambient. Wade into the depths of some of the more eclectic tracks available online.
