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16 Feb 2007, 20:18
Among gigs of mp3's exchanged with a friend of mine recently, Variable Unit was one of the only artists I gave that was not on my current last.fm top listens list. It was also the only one one my friend commented on: "I love that VU album, what is that?"
Seven Grain was, without question, my favorite release of 2002 (yes, even over the then long anticipated Mind Elevation). Yet, 2002 was a long time ago and I hadn't paid attention. So, curios from my friend's questioning, I headed to the Wide Hive Records website (www.widehive.com) for the first time in a long time, and discovered plenty of delightful treats.
I don't know what is more exciting:
A. Variable Unit has released four additional albums
B. Almost all Wide Hive releases are available on eMusic.
On a first listen, Handbook for the Apocalypse is as amazing as Seven Grain. Wide Hive's new artist, JRK, is also worth the download. I plan to use part of my eMusic credites to download the complete Wide Hive catalog over the next few months.
I am not sure if there is a real reason that California labels are less accessible from France than from CA. I mean, you can listen to CA based radio online, research and download the music online, etc. Yet, since living abroad I have somehow lost touch with a large part of the CA scene. After my visit to Wide Hive, I headed to Ubiquity (www.ubiquityrecords.com), also for the first time in a while. Most of their catalog is also available on eMusic.
Seven Grain was, without question, my favorite release of 2002 (yes, even over the then long anticipated Mind Elevation). Yet, 2002 was a long time ago and I hadn't paid attention. So, curios from my friend's questioning, I headed to the Wide Hive Records website (www.widehive.com) for the first time in a long time, and discovered plenty of delightful treats.
I don't know what is more exciting:
A. Variable Unit has released four additional albums
B. Almost all Wide Hive releases are available on eMusic.
On a first listen, Handbook for the Apocalypse is as amazing as Seven Grain. Wide Hive's new artist, JRK, is also worth the download. I plan to use part of my eMusic credites to download the complete Wide Hive catalog over the next few months.
I am not sure if there is a real reason that California labels are less accessible from France than from CA. I mean, you can listen to CA based radio online, research and download the music online, etc. Yet, since living abroad I have somehow lost touch with a large part of the CA scene. After my visit to Wide Hive, I headed to Ubiquity (www.ubiquityrecords.com), also for the first time in a while. Most of their catalog is also available on eMusic.
