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	artist: C. Reider / Tarkatak title: Azure Bell, Midnight Well year: 2016 keywords: ambient, collaboration Read More about this release	A follow up collaboration after 13 years. Download Azure Bell, Midnight Well at BandCamp
	artist: C. Reider title: The Plangents year: 2014 keywords: dream, repetition, primitive Read More about this release	Melancholy musical themes reproduced from remembered dreams. A bit more romantic(?) and pretty(?) than this artist is normally known for. Download The Plangents The Plangents at BandCamp
	artist: Martin Rach title: Mongrel Drone Set year: 2014 keywords: drone, acoustic, zither, melodion Read More about this release	Variations on acoustic drones produced with zither and electric melodica. Download Mongrel Drone Set
	artist: C. Reider title: I'd've year: 2014 keywords: drone, guitar, metasynth Read More about this release	A collection of choice drone ambient music recorded in 2003 and not released until now. Download I'd've I'd've at BandCamp
	artist: cpark title: RIM year: 2013 keywords: drone, viola, maxmsp Read More about this release	Two contrasting compositions. Download RIM (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: Schemawound title: Occupy Dreamland year: 2013 keywords: loop, noise, improvisation Read More about this release	Schemawound lets go and falls into 'in the moment' noisy-improvisation with a looper. Heavy and bracing. Download Occupy Dreamland (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: Miquel Parera title: MUME Selections year: 2013 keywords: algorithmic, electronic, abstract, chaosdrone Read More about this release	Prickly drones composed algorithmically. Zone-out percolations. Download MUME Selections (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: Daniel Barbiero title: Four Transformations year: 2013 keywords: string, double bass, granular synthesis, improv Read More about this release	One improvisation on double bass processed in four variations through granular synthesis. Download Four Transformations (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: Leo Bettinelli / Jaume Muntsant title: Wingu year: 2013 keywords: abstract, improvisation, visual music Read More about this release	A beautiful longform piece of continually evolving and changing sounds. Begins quite abstract, and eventually moves more toward a lyrical musicality. Download Wingu (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: Mysterybear title: The Quiet Sun year: 2013 keywords: noise, experimental, feedback, systems-music Read More about this release	Feedback implies pure chaos, but here you find gesture, intent, expression within the chaos. Download The Quiet Sun (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: Le Berger title: Trivial Cataclysms year: 2013 keywords: noise, guitar-drone, micro-sound Read More about this release	Small sounds amplified to cataclysmic proportions. Download Trivial Cataclysms (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: Alex Charles title: Drum year: 2012 keywords: experimental, acoustic, improv Read More about this release	Alex Charles uses acoustic percussion to mimic electronic soundscapes. Download Drum (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: David Nemeth title: Backyard Improvisations year: 2012 keywords: experimental, acoustic, improv Read More about this release	David Nemeth interacts with the sounds of common backyard objects. Download Backyard Improvisations (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Buddha Reduction year: 2012 keywords: experimental, reduction, buddha machine, process music Read More about this release	A piece of process music that evokes minimal techno and electro-acoustic music, but is not of those worlds. Download Buddha Reduction Buddha Reduction at BandCamp
	artist: Jeph Jerman title: 43'41" for Chris Reider year: 2012 keywords: drone Read More about this release	A contemplative and provocative set of acoustic drones from this important sonic practicioner. Download 43'41" for Chris Reider (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: Encomiast title: gravity is very compelling year: 2012 keywords: dark-ambient, atmospheric Read More about this release	Utah experimental composer Ross Hagen supplies this dark, atmospheric work, composed as backing music for the play "Eurydice". Download gravity is very compelling (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: Jeff Sampson title: Swarm year: 2012 keywords: dark-ambient, electronic Read More about this release	Fellow Colorado resident Jeff Sampson delivers a dark trip into the abyss. Download Swarm (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: Mystified title: Instability Remastered year: 2012 keywords: electronic, drone, shortwave, abstraction Read More about this release	Thomas Park's manipulations of phonographic recordings and shortwave broadcasts create an oddly charged atmosphere. Download Instability Remastered (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: The Euphoric Hum title: Flow year: 2012 keywords: electronic, abstraction Read More about this release	Germany's Stephan Dragesser steps forward with this set of spiky electronic noises and low rumbles. Incredible work from this new artist. Download Flow (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: Saffron Slumber title: Piano Drones 1 year: 2011 keywords: experimental, electro-acoustic Read More about this release	Kevin Stephens experiments with sympathetic vibrations of piano strings, producing a set of towering, overtone-rich drones. Download Piano Drones 1 (Streaming at the release page.)
	artist: Auzel title: Old year: 2011 keywords: weird, dreamy folk, female vocals, lo-fi Read More about this release	A diverse set of peculiar, tiny, composed vignettes that suggest contemporary avant-garde composition as much as freak-folk or hometaper weirdness. Download Old (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Owning Extinctions year: 2011 keywords: experimental, noise, drone Read More about this release	A response to the shame, despair and anger felt during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Emotional compositions in experimental noise and ambient sounds. Download Owning Extinctions Owning Extinctions at BandCamp
	artist: Apollon title: Nox year: 2003/2011 keywords: collage-loops, industrial, gritty ambient Read More about this release	An everchanging tapestry of gritty and dark sound vignettes. Includes a tribute to Bryn Jones a.k.a. Muslimgauze. Download Nox (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: Various Artists title: The More Unknown C. Reider year: 2011 keywords: Drone, Noise, Ambient, Minimal, Abstract Read More about this release	Subtitle: 20 Years of Strange Sounds Reworked by the Netlabel Underground Twenty four respected sound artists from Germany, Japan, Greece, Saint Martin, Portugal, Ireland, Canada and USA took sounds from C. Reider's body of work and transubstantiated them into new living tissues. Amazing compilation in three hour-long parts!. Download Part One Download Part Two Download Part Three Streaming at the release page
	artist: C. Reider title: Fragment Three Re-Works year: 2010 keywords: experimental, noiseambient, drone Read More about this release	Twenty year old tracks by Vidna Obmana and PBK reworked into spiky noise-ambient collages. By turns frightening and mesmerizing. Download Fragment Three Re-Works Fragment Three Re-Works at BandCamp
	artist: C. Reider title: Electret Quintet year: 2009 keywords: minimaltechno, experimental Read More about this release	Experimental tracks with a minimal techno/industrial flavor, each one made with one analogue drum machine as its sound source. Download Part One Download Part Two      (Bandcamp link) Download Part Three    (Bandcamp link) Download Part Four     (Bandcamp link) Download Part Five     (Bandcamp link) (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider & Friends title: Long Defeat Variations year: 2008 keywords: ambient, industrial drone Read More about this release	Remixes of "the Long Defeat". Misty, drifting ambient tones & drones. Music of moments. Download Long Defeat Variations (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: the Implicit Order title: Disposable Outcome year: 2008 keywords: musique concréte, industrial drone Read More about this release	Unsettling atmospheres and technicolor audio collage. Download Disposable Outcome (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Fine Failures year: 2008 keywords: arhythmic, minimal techno Read More about this release	Utterly peculiar dance music that refuses to groove. Distempo? Experimental beats. Download Fine Failures Fine Failures at BandCamp
	artist: C. Reider title: the Long Defeat year: 2003 keywords: ambient, guitar, improv Read More about this release	Guitar ambient recorded in an abandoned industrial space. Download the Long Defeat The Long Defeat at Bandcamp
	artist: C. Reider title: Aughtet year: 2003 keywords: experimental, musique-concréte, voice Read More about this release	Speaking voices blasted into spasming granules and quivering clumps of weirdness. Download Aughtet Aughtet at BandCamp
	artist: C. Reider title: some things i did when i lost my mind year: 2001 keywords: experimental, noiseambient, drone Read More about this release	Tracks made while suffering a psychotic depression. Spaced out, but claustrophobic. Download some things i did when i lost my mind This album at Bandcamp
	artist: C. Reider / Tarkatak title: the Druser Pricid year: 2000 keywords: ambient, noisedrone Read More about this release	Dark ambient transforming into subdued industrial drone, passing through tense, gritty, distorted passages. Download the Druser Pricid (More download options at the release page.)

Free Downloads from Vuzh Underground Editions Previously Released in the Cassette Underground, Re-released Online
	artist: Histatic Charge title: Histatic Charge year: 1989/2011 keywords: weird, lo-fi, industrial, hometaper Read More about this release	The first tape I ever heard from the cassette underground. Jaunty little synth ditties with off-time rhythms and odd sensibilities. Download Histatic Charge (More listening options at the release page.)
	artist: the Unseelie Court title: Fall year: 1995/2011 keywords: weird, lo-fi, industrial, hometaper Read More about this release	A completely odd collection of miscellany from the hometaper days. An unlikely collaboration between C. Reider, Histatic Charge and Auzel. This was the 2nd release ever from Vuzh Music back in the old days. Download Fall (More listening options at the release page.)
	artist: the Implicit Order title: They Live in the Sky year: 1997/2011 keywords: experimental, collage, loop Read More about this release	A spooky collection of sound collage with an alien ambience. Originally released on cassette in '97 in a limited edition of 35. Download They Live in the Sky (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: Crook'd Finger title: Crook'd Finger vs Harlan / Crook'd Finger vs. D.Rhythm:O year: 2000/2011 keywords: IDM, Sampletronica Read More about this release	Bumping remixes of two underground artists by C. Reider's Crook'd Finger. Download Crook'd Finger vs. Streaming at the release page
	artist: Crook'd Finger title: Aft year: 2000 keywords: IDM, minimaltechno Read More about this release	About as "funky" as Vuzh Music gets. Thumping techno. Download Aft (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: Harlan title: Collective Sounds year: 1996/2002 keywords: Percussive, sludge, collage Read More about this release	BLAMMO! Raucous drum + guitar rants rescued from the obscurity of the cassette underground, and freed into the obscurity of the netlabel underground. A classic. Download Collective Sounds (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider / Implicit Order title: Opposing Theories year: 1999 keywords: weirdbient, noisedrone Read More about this release	Loop-based experimental music, with an emphasis on trancey, zoned-out atmospheres. Weird. Download part one Download part two Download part three Download part four (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Abandon year: 1998 keywords: Eclectic, hometaper, collage, minimaltechno Read More about this release	An eclectic and mixed release of collaborations with friends and other oddities. Re-release of a DIY hometaper classic. Download Abandon Abandon at Bandcamp
	artist: C. Reider title: man-hours year: 1997 keywords: lofi, industrial drone, experimental Read More about this release	Murky, swimming industrial tones. Quietnoise. Not quite ambient. Re-release of a DIY hometaper classic. Download man-hours man-hours at Bandcamp
	artist: C. Reider title: ne quid nimis year: 1996/2009 keywords: lofi, proto-ambient, noiseambient, experimental Read More about this release	An early release of quiet proto-ambient experimental sounds made from a panoply of lo-fi sources. Re-release of a DIY hometaper classic. Download ne quid nimis (More download options at the release page.)

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Items for Trade / Sale
>>NEW<<	artist: C. Reider title: Hold Music format: cassette keywords: drone, field recording, process music Read More about this release Hold Music at Bandcamp	A varied collection of experimental music. TRADE PREFERRED. In US, $6.00 (please email if elsewhere)
	artist: Drone Forest title: Amy's Arms / metacollage format: 12" vinyl 33rpm ltd. to 219 keywords: evocative drone, experimental collage Read More about this release Amy's Arms at Bandcamp	A dark, strange and alluring landscape of continuously developing drone scenarios.
	artist: gorehallreider title: A Blow to the Head format: CDr keywords: noisy dark ambient info: Cohort Records 2005 Preview streams & 2 free downloads at Last.FM	Gnarly and tense. Continuously changing darkambient traumascapes composed by John Gore with contributions by Steve Hall & C. Reider. Handpainted cover, each one unique. Trades welcome! In US, $7.00
	artist: PBK / C. Reider title: Discorporate format: CD ltd. to 120 keywords: noiseambient, spiky drone Read More about this release	21st Century psychedelic space drone. Currently SOLD OUT of my copies. Contact Impulsy Stetoskopu for copies.
	artist: De Fabriek/C. Reider/Implicit Order title: Triple Occupancy format: CDr ltd. to 200 keywords: experimental, industrial, drone	Three way split of otherwise unavailable material. Trades very welcome! In US, $5
	artist: C. Reider title: GRIME: The Secret Content of the Abandoned Roadside Tapes format: Cassette/Text ltd. to 100 keywords: experimental, collage, tape, mailart	The result of a mail-art project for which strands of audio tape found along roadsides all over the world were all spliced together at random to create a gritty tapestry of music / noise. Tape strands were mailed in from all over the world. A fascinating study of sonic decay. Currently unavailable, sorry.

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Free C. Reider Downloads on Other Netlabels
>>NEW<<	artist: C. Reider title: the Conjuncts year: 2013 label: Derivative keywords: Sampled weirdnesses Read More about this release	Music made by sampling other musical works that were licensed to allow open remixing. Download the Conjuncts (More streaming / downloading options at the archive page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Edge and Artifact year: 2013 label: Ilse keywords: Edge of perception Read More about this release	An exploration of boundaries and limitations. Download Edge and Artifact (All downloading options at the Bandcamp page.)
	artist: C. Reider and C. Hodges title: Four Improvisations year: 2013 label: Open Sound Group keywords: Electro-acoustic, improv, drone Read More about this release	Soft, droning explorations, attentive play. Download Four Improvisations (More streaming / downloading options at the archive page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: One of the Drone Boys year: 2012 label: Linear Obsessional keywords: drone, drone, drone, drone Read More about this release	Something like a true drone release, but totally not. Download One of the Drone Boys (More streaming / downloading options at the archive page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Formerly Sine Drones year: 2011 label: Modisti keywords: sinewave, electronic, experimental Read More about this release	Sine waves altered only by changing equalization and dynamics. The intent was to move as far away from the base frequency as possible, to explore overtones and whatever other sound artifacts could be found in repeated equalization treatments. Download Formerly Sine Drones (More streaming / downloading options at the Modisti page.)
	artist: C. Reider / Desohll title: Falling Into Disrepair year: 2010 label: Dark Winter keywords: dark ambient Read More about this release	A slow, spacious guitar improvisation was minimally affected by Desohll from the Netherlands. Deep, dark and textural. Download Falling Into Disrepair (More download options at the Dark Winter page.)
	artist: Fosel title: Problem of Universals (C. Reider Remixes) year: 2010 label: Earth Mantra keywords: mechanical, minimal techno, atmospheric Read More about this release	Where the Electret Quintet music pulses with the energy of experimental IDM, Problem of Universals conveys a more subdued vibe. Folks who enjoy the experimental, noisy side of music will feel right at home with this release, but it will appeal equally to lovers of old school ambience who want their music a bit more approachable. Download Problem of Universals (C. Reider Remixes) (More download options at the archive.org page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Steam Inspector year: 2009 label: Just Not Normal keywords: mechanical, musique concréte, experimental Read More about this release	Deeply experimental hallucinatory collage of evocative noises. Mechanisms breaking down, circuits shorting. Listen and make up your own story about what this piece of music is about. Download Steam Inspector (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Linguism year: 2008 label: Treetrunk keywords: musique concréte, experimental, voice Read More about this release	A creepy stuttering examination of Noam Chomsky's speaking voice, sans content. Download Linguism (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: C. Reider title: Inconstant year: 2008 label: Treetrunk keywords: microsound, experimental Read More about this release	A remix of twelve hours of Constant drone from nine artists... the remix strategy was to REMOVE the drone. Download Inconstant (More download options at the release page.)
	artist: Mystified title: Beyond Numb Remixes year: 2008 label: Completely Gone Recordings keywords: remix, IDM, minimal techno Read More about this release	Remixes of a track by Mystified. Three C. Reider mixes. Download Beyond Numb Remixes (More download options at the release page.)

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