The Absence of Sleep - a mixtape experiment

Volumes 6 and 7

2011-05-26T03:34:00.000-07:00

Greetings! I've been absent for sometime but I've recently been making mixtapes again and thus thought I would post a couple of them.

The first mixtape is "Within The Heart of The Sun" - a fine collection of space rock, fuzzy 90's alt rock and a hint of shoegaze. There are lots of forgotten gems in this one so have a listen.

"Within The Heart of The Sun"

Absence of Sleep - Volume 6

"Mixtape" Version - Download

Tracklisting:

1) Stars by Hum - from "You'd Prefer An Astronaut"

2) Empty Friend by Failure - from "Magnified"

3) Sweet Pea by Seam - from "The Problem With Me"

4) Sideways by Shiner - from "Lula Divina"

5) Panic Switch by Silversun Pickups - from "Swoon"

6) Atlantic Tired South by Projektor - from "Atlantic Tired South"

7) Beauty School by Deftones - from "Diamond Eyes"

8) Come In Alone by My Bloody Valentine - from "Loveless"

9) The Same Place by Centaur - from "In Streams"

10) Hummer by Smashing Pumpkins - from "Siamese Dream"

11) Coat of Arms by The Life and Times - from "Suburban Hymns"

12) Vaporize by Year of the Rabbit - from "Year of the Rabbit"

13) Catch the Breeze by Slowdive - from "Just For A Day"

The next installment is "As Distant Time Passed Through The Deep" - a psychedelic journey through all time and space. Put on some good headphones for this one.....

"As Distant Time Passed Through The Deep"

Absence of Sleep - Volume 7

"Mixtape" Version - Download

Tracklisting:

1) The Rising of the Black Sun - Astra – from “The Weirding”

2) The Righteous Path Through The Forest of Old – Mammatus – from “Mammatus”

3) Drunken Leaves – Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound – from “When Sweet Sleep Returned”

4) Churchfuzz – Flavor Crystals – from “Ambergris”

5) Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) – The Mars Volta – from “De-Loused in the Comatorium”

6) Fool’s Guild – Crime in Choir – from “Gift Givers”

7) Dogwood Rust – Comets on Fire – from “Avatar”

8) Rise to Glory – Earth – from “The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull”

9) Bison Eyes – Quest For Fire – from “Quest For Fire”

10) The Whirlings – Dead Meadow – from “Shivering King and Others”

11) February MMX – Ulver – from “Wars of the Roses”

12) Technical Knowledge as a Weapon – Mugstar – from “Sun, Broken…”

13) Icy Rom – Naam – from “Naam”

14) Stormy High – Black Mountain – from “In The Future”

15) 7 by 7 – Hawkwind – from “Space Ritual”

16) Until The Sun Dies (Part One) – Crystal Antlers – from “Tentacles”

17) The Siren – Graveyard - from “Hisingen Blues”

Considered to be Information

2010-01-11T17:08:00.000-08:00

It's been a long while since I've posted anything and I apologize, it's been a hectic few months.

The latest installment in mixtapes in "Considered to be Information" a not so healthy does of noise rock and it's kin. Enjoy.

"MIXTAPE" Version - download

"Considered to be Information"
Absence of Sleep - Volume 5

Tracklisting:
01) Kittens - Pinata (from "Tiger Comet")
02) Young Widows - Lucky and Hardheaded (from "Old Wounds")
03) Anion - Piss Warm Goats Milk (from "Carrion King 7"")
04) Made Out Of Babies - Swarm (from "Trophy")
05) Transistor Transistor - The Price of Gasoline (from "Ruined Lives")
06) Anodyne - Plastic Will (from "Lifetime of Grey Skies")
07) Hide Your Daughters - C'est Toi, Pas Moi (from "The Teen Girl's Guide to Social Success")
08) Breach - Murder (from "Venom")
09) Unsane - Last Man Standing (from "Blood Run")
10) Fight Amp - Elbows Off (from "Manners and Praise")
11) Coalesce - New Voids in One's Resolve (from "OX")
12) Harkonen - Baristas Get Stalked (from "Shake Harder Boy")
13) Cursed - Reparations (from "Two")
14) Playing Enemy - The Closer to Ceasar (from "Cesarean")
15) KENmode - Frye (from "Mennonite")
16) 5ive - Kettle Cove (from "Hesperus")
17) The Jesus Lizard - Slave Ship (from "Liar")

Sometime World Mixes

2009-07-31T20:42:00.000-07:00

These three new mixes come from Marcus at the wonderful Sometime World blog which hosts a ton of really good music, focusing for the most part on prog rock and psych. Here are his mixes and what he had to say. Thanks again Marcus!

Sometimeworld Mix 1.0

Description:

Gentlewomen, men & bloggers in general, i give you this interesting mix i threw together recently. Bands included are Negative Zone, Pure Reason Revolution, C-Mon & Kypski, Black Bonzo, Porcupine Tree, Ulver, Will-o-the Wisp, Secret Machines & Shadow Gallery. If your a fan of this blog or prog rock in general i urge you to give it a listen. Additionally i have also edited the transition from song to song, giving the entire thing a breezy/flowing feel. Some interesting covers are also included, such as Ulver giving their own rendition of Sabbath's Solitude (which can be found on their latest studio record "Shadows Of The Sun".) The closing 'bonus' track i also included is very interesting, obviously the title 'Floydian Memories' should give you some kind of idea as to what exactly is involved.

Tracklist:
1. Cats (3:24)
2. The Bright Ambassadors of Morning (11:56)
3. Spirits High (4:52)
4. Leave Your Burdens (3:47)
5. Moon Touches Your Shoulder (5:47)
6. Farewell (2:36)
7. Solitude (3:44)
8. Serpent's Kiss (3:49)
9. Daddy's In The Doldrums (8:00)
10. Hold Out Your Hand/Island (7:01)
11. A Smart Kid/Tinto Brass (11:24)
12. Floydian Memories (24:36)

LINK PART ONE: http://sharebee.com/9a98baca
LINK PART TWO: http://sharebee.com/c944535d

Sometimeworld Mix 2.0

Description:

If you downloaded the first mix i uploaded a few weeks ago you would of noticed a great deal of the tracks included were rather new, majority ranging from the years 2000 to present. For this second mix i decided to wind way way back and include some tracks from the 70s. Again majority of the groups included can be found elsewhere on this blog. Included you will find a great mix of straight out prog, kraut and some fusion here and there. Bands included are Octopus, Ethos, Osanna, Novalis, Al Di Meola, Eloy, Alan Parsons Project, Out Of Focus, Steve Hillage, Tai Phong & Führs & Fröhling. Also like the last mix, i have again mixed the tracks so they blend into one another smoothly.

Tracklist:
1. The First Flight Of The Owl (5.20)
2. Open Up (6.39)
3. Variazone 3 (shuum...) (1.36)
4. Aufbruch (9.22)
5. Midnight Tango (7.21)
6. The Bells of Natre Dame (4.48 )
7. Some Other Time (3.55)
8. Blue Sunday Morning (8.04)
9. Musik Of The Trees (4.52)
10. For Years & Years (8.03)
11. Sarabande (2.21)
12. Mighty Echoes (7.14)

LINK PART ONE: http://sharebee.com/006b25d5
LINK PART TWO: http://sharebee.com/4d911e2e

Sometimeworld Mix 3.0

Description:

This third StW mix comes to you after some positive comments left for the previous mixes. Again you will notice personal edits blending track to track giving the entire thing a nice flowing feel. This 3rd StW mix is entirely instrumental.

Groups included are Quaterna Requiem, Richard Wright, Finch, Fuhrs & Frohling, Happy The Man, Sahg, Jean Michel Jarre, Trettioariga Kriget and Camel.

Tracklist:
1. Ramoniana (6:19)
2. Waves (4:15)
3. Scars On The Ego (8:46)
4. Gentle Breeze (5:26)
5. Stumpy Meets The Firecracker in Stencil Forest (4:21)
6. Whisper of Abaddon (1:20)
7. Oxygene (Part II) (7:13)
8. Mediterranean C (3:46)
9. Night Flight -77 (5:57)
10. Ice (10:06)

LINK PART ONE: http://sharebee.com/a162f425
LINK PART TWO: http://sharebee.com/51c24baf

sometime-world.blogspot.com

Volumes 3 and 4

2009-07-27T12:47:00.000-07:00

A little double post action with two brand new mixes for your listening pleasure. I've also modified the format a little bit and will now be uploading a "mixtape" version where the entire mix is one .mp3 (as I have been) and also an alternate version which is simply a folder with the mp3's in order (at a few peoples request). Enjoy and don't forget to submit your own mixes!

The first new mix is "Under Dust They Slept", a really mellow, minimalist collection of ambient, classical, and drone.... a great headphone mix indeed.

The second mix, "Within White Walls", is a fuzzy mix of music that draws heavily on the reverb drenched wall of sound made famous by the early shoegaze bands such as My Bloody Valentine, who appear on this mix as well.

"Volume 3 - Under Dust They Slept"

Tracklisting:

1) Ulver - Vowels (from "A Quick Fix of Melancholy")
2) Clint Mansell - Welcome to Lunar Industries (from "Moon OST")
3) Flawless Imperfection - Grylloidea (from "Amber Glow of Silence at Twilight")
4) Stars of the Lid - Dungtitled (from "And Their Refinement of the Decline")
5) Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Morning (from "Insen")
6) Deaf Center - White Lake (from "Pale Ravine")
7) This Will Destroy You - Freedom Blade (from "Field Studies Split")
8) Hammock - Miles To Go Before Sleep (from "Kenotic")
9) William Basinski - Unnamed 1 (from "Melancholia")
10) Mountains - Bay (from "Sewn")
11) Johann Johannsson - The Rocket Builder (from "Fordlandia")
12) Aethenor - Untitled 3 (from "Deep In Ocean Sunk The Lamp of Light")

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"Volume 4 - Within White Walls"

Tracklisting:

1) My Bloody Valentine - Soon (from "Glider")
2) Projektor - We Were Diamonds (from "Atlantic Tired South")
3) Elliott - Carry On (from "Song In The Air")
4) The Cure - The Hanging Garden (from "Pornography")
5) The Depreciation Guild - Butterfly Kisses (from "In Her Gentle Jaws")
6) Isis/Aerogramme - Low Tide (from "In The Fish Tank")
7) Silversun Pickups - Melatonin (from "Carnavas")
8) M83 - Run Into Flowers (from "Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost")
9) The Notwist - Good Lies (from "The Devil, You + Me")
10) Failure - Solaris (from "Fantastic Planet")
11) Team Sleep - Our Ride To The Rectory (from "S/T")
12) Telefon Tel Aviv - The Birds (from "Immolate Yourself")
13) Byla - Closer to the Center (from "S/T")

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2009-07-17T09:32:00.000-07:00

Our second reader submission comes from Alex who runs a great blog called webuilttheworldandmissthestars and it's a solid mix of real-screamo, metal and post-hardcore bands with a few obscure German bands thrown into the mix. Thanks again to Alex and keep the mixes coming!

"Dresscode - Vol. 1"
Tracklisting:
1) Cease Upon The Capital - Cell
2) Mallorys Last Dance - This Is How It Ends
3) Antitainment - Waterride The Lightning
4) Longing For Tomorrow - TCO 99
5) Thoughts Paint The Sky - There's a life vest under your seat
6) Chuck Ragan and Nagel - No Rubber Tired Vehicles Beyond This Point
7) Minus The Bear - Burying Luck
8) Klimt 1918 - Skygazer
9) Test Icicles - Circle.Square.Triangle
10) The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg - Infernal Music
11) Yourcodenameis:Milo - Translate
12) Leng Tch'e - Tightrope Propaganda
13) Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Der Hund kriegt Nichts
14) War From A Harlots Mouth - Heeey, Lets Start A Band
15) Haunted Shores - Glass Canvas
16) The Rorschach Tragedy - The Fall That Stands Against Us
17) Adolf Hitler Klan - 1984

First Guest Mixtape - Tim @ Angrychairs

2009-07-02T02:25:00.000-07:00

We've got our first guest mixtape here at The Absence of Sleep, sent by Tim who runs the ever fantastic Angrychairs blog. This fantastic mix is a healthy serving of doom for you all to enjoy. Thanks again to Tim at Angrychairs and make sure to keep the mixes coming!

"Angrychairs Doom Mix"
Tracklisting:
1) Hour of 13 - Call of Satan (from "Hour of 13")
2) The Lamp of Thoth - I Love The Lamp (from "Potents, Omens, and Dooms")
3) Trouble - Assasin (from "Psalm 9")
4) Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis (from "Dopethrone")
5) Candlemass - Hammer of Doom (from "Death Magic Doom")
6) Behold! The Monolith - Guardians of the Abyss (from "Behold! The Monolith LP")
7) Lord Vicar - The Spartan (from "Fear No Pain")
8) Sleep - Holy Mountain (from "Sleep's Holy Mountain")
9) The Wizar'd - Plague Ship of Doom (from "Infernal Wizardry")
10) Black Pyramid - The Worm Ouroboros (from "S/T")
11) Krux - The Big Empty (from "Krux II")
12) The Puritan - The Blue and Purple Lesson in Love (from "Lithium Gates")
13) Elder - Ghost Head (from "S/T")

(You can also download the mix as two parts from the links below)
http://sharebee.com/dec65368
http://sharebee.com/a09b0dac

Volume 2 - With Pale Eyes Aghast

2009-06-28T22:23:00.000-07:00

The second Absence of Sleep mixtape has been created; "With Pale Eyes Aghast" is a dissonant and angry mix of metal and hardcore, featuring a handful of newer, independent bands as well as some classic tracks. Enjoy and don't forget to start submitting your own mixes!

"With Pale Eyes Aghast"
Tracklisting:
1) Engineer – Nomad (from “Reproach”)
2) Breather Resist – Cruciform Casket (from “Only in the Morning”)
3) Crowpath – Like Flies to Flames (from “Red on Chrome”)
4) KENmode – The Hammer Party (from “Reprisal”)
5) Narrows – Chambered (from “New Distances”)
6) The Blood Brothers – Cecilia and the Silhouette Saloon (from “Burn, Piano Island, Burn)
7) Circle Takes The Square – In the Nervous Light of Sunday (from “As The Roots Undo”)
8) Buried Inside – Time As Commodity (from “Chronoclast”)
9) Assimilator – Third Degree (from “Virus”)
10) The Abominable Iron Sloth – I am the Carcass (from “S/T”)
11) Harkonen – Catching Cold (from “Harkonen”)
12) Perth Express – Kreuzfahrt Ins Gluck (from “Harrow and Wealdstone”)
13) Cursed – Night Terrors (from “III”)
14) Time To Burn – Nayeli (from “Island”)
15) The Secret – Intoxication (from “Disintoxication”)
16) Kiss It Goodbye – Helvetica (from “She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not”)

The Beginning - Volume 1: Dimensional Acceleration

2009-06-22T23:39:00.000-07:00

Greetings.

As the first post, I wish to state that this blog is my attempt to create something similar to the tape trading scenese of the 80's and 90's but with a modern revamp, a way to explore and discover new music and contribute to something that will hopefully grow.

And with that I present my first "mixtape", Dimensional Acceleration, a hazy mix of psyched out rock and prog. Enjoy.

"Dimensional Acceleration"
Tracklisting:
1) Black Bonzo - Thorns Upon A Crown
2) The Assemblehead in Sunburst Sound - Ekranoplan
3) Graveyard - Evil Ways
4) The Cancer Conspiracy - ii
5) Dead Meadow - Let It All Pass
6) Colour Haze - Pulse
7) Comets on Fire - Dogwood Rust
8) Flavor Crystals - Squidink
9) Crime in Choir - Trumpery Metier
10) Mammatus - The Righteous Path Through The Forest of Old
11) Crystal Antlers - Tentacles
12) Eloy - Floating
13) Gospel - A Golden Dawn