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Friday Download: Young & Sick

Unreleased “American Dreams” demo and acoustic tracks from the rising electronic artist. Every record is just that: an audiovisual artifact, sound and image, memory and history. It is always more than music that gets stuck in our heads. Nick Van Hofwegen’s project Young & Sick explores the blurred lines between songcraft and design; building an…

Staff Picks: Alvin Risk

“I have traveled a long way to this impasse. I have been through mirrors, fallouts, knives, secrets, and oceans.” So begins the video that announced Alvin Risk’s 5th EP, Venture. We had no choice but to follow.

Friday Download: Comets We Fall

In this edition of Friday Download: indie disco from rising LA-based producer Comets We Fall. The Embark EP is five new tracks of shimmering sound and dream sequences; the audio equivalent of holding hands. It’s out today via BitTorrent Bundle. Download Embark, and unlock five new tracks, the EP acapellas, plus remix-able stems from “Meteors”.

Friday Download: KDrew

Good Game Records launches their label with an exclusive first look at the upcoming EP by KDrew. In this edition of Friday Download: a new label opens up shop on BitTorrent Bundle. Good Game Records is a grassroots collective of awesome artists and creatives, dedicated to new media innovation. KDrew is the very first of…

BitTorrent Bundle X Foreally

Jude Angelini (Rude Jude of Shade45’s All Out Show) and Ross Rowe (Senim Silla of Binary Star) bring their podcast to BitTorrent. Ross and Jude are boyhood friends that grew up in Pontiac, Michigan. They may or may not be high school graduates, but for whatever they lack in higher education, they make up for…

Ramona Lisa: Inside Arcadia

Ramona Lisa is the current side-project alias of Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek. Unlock Arcadia, the first recorded material under this moniker.

Staff Picks is dedicated to surfacing the best music, film, and art downloads on the Internet; digitally handmade by BitTorrent Publishers. Read on for this week’s finds. In this edition of Staff Picks: a first look at Excision’s 2014 Shambhala Mix, featuring new music, video, art, and more.

The world around us is made of music. This is what happens when you listen in. The sound of a passing car. A turbine in the distance. Wind blowing through your hair. The tap of a keyboard. A heart beating. Everything around us is music. It’s not background. It’s life, and it’s larger than life.