Rebel Music Volume 2

Woah! It’s Monday once again and here is your weekly fix of Rebel Music. From acoustic to post rock, a flavor of pop and even Brit pop made in Russia we have it all covered in a great selection with  8 music projects from 6 different countries.

We start with a U.S. based project called  Selbyville’‘: “The Quiet Uproar” is a wonderful acoustic track  released on a new netlabel called No Source. We then fly to Germany to meet the work of Julia Kotowski a.k.a. Entertainment for the Brain Dead (and featured on the cover art for this edition designed by Andrea La Valleur) that mixes simple but amazing songs with different approaches: on the featured track,  “Paper“,  you can listen to paper being ripped as part of the percussion section: Brilliant!.

Up north we go to Sweden to meet the work of Nina-me and her track “After seven years of love“. Nina-me’s voice is as enchanting as disturbing and she puts all her feelings in to her work. A must listen!  We continue to Norway to meet the sonic post rock of the The Manipulated Living that have recently published their new work on the Ucranian netlabel Nocharizma. Reminescent of the early works by Sonic Youth, but with a darker and  powerful nordic touch,  “Platypus” is a furious track full of stories to tell but not for everyone’s ears, I agree.

So nothing better than to move down south and meet the happy pop from Spanish singer Jenifer Avila and her song “El Tranvia” (The cable car) that takes us immediately to a certain Madrid of the 80s, Almodovar and la movida. Next track takes us to Manchester in the U.K.  and to the Keyboard Rebel project. Fun, light and with a social conscience I think we will be hearing from them much more in the future.

Back to the U.S. and to a track by Derrick Art, “You’re winning so I quit” from his just released EP on 12rec, “Songs from A Cross (The Sea)“: This is gentle pop, well built with fine textures and taste. The final track I just could not resist and include what was a surprise to me: Listen to Mari!Mari!’s “Get You!” and if you had any doubts about the universality of music this band is a great example: Brit Pop at his best, well structured and with that naivety that only teens can bring into a song coming to you directly from Moscow, in Russia. Take a listen for yourself!

Rebel Music Volume 02 by Bit Rebels Download a Zip File with this release (including Cover Art): [BRM002]

I hope you enjoy this 2nd edition of the Rebel Music series and that you leave us some comments:what track you liked the best? what kind of music would you like to see on future compilations?  If you are a artist or netlabel releasing under a Creative Commons License please send us your links.

Netlabels featured on this Rebel Music Volume 02: No Source, aaahh records, 23 Seconds, Nocharizma and 12rec.

Thanks go to Thomas Raukamp for the friendly tips and to Moritz Sauer, from Phlow Magazine, for all the hard work for the Creative Commons netlabel scene.