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Monkey With Car Keys is an electronic music side project of Irish soundscapers Síol Na Gréine, presenting a full-length album for free download @ hiarctow.com.

“Filament in Strata is a bit of an eclectic collection of pieces, mixing DnB, IDM, ambient techno and even the odd shade of synthpop. Unifying the whole thing is a sense of structure as an emergent fact of these gradually increasing layers in the electronic ‘orchestration’; similar maybe to Austrian metal band Summoning but with a poppier, snappier sense of melody.

Somehow I want this all to express some of the delight and dumb fun I get out of just seeing the little things in the world and thinking about them in that bigger complex picture called reality.”

Continuing the HI ARC TOW obsession with William Gibson (and probably topping it off) the album’s title is taken from a chapter in Gibson‘s novel Mona-Lisa Overdrive, whilst the final track of the album Chiba City Blues is the title of the first chapter in his classic Neuromancer.

Listen to Monkey With Car Keys’ new album Filament in Strata here

Check out the full list here.

You can view the trailer below:

The long awaited new album from Irish black metallers Beithíoch, is available now – complete and free – from hiarctow.com. “Dúchas” translates roughly to “instinct”, or “that which is native”, and is inspired by the glacier-torn landscape of Ireland’s north.

stylistically this album throws up a few surprises: much of it moves away from the droney, minimalist style of the debut album (and subsequent EP) towards a sound that has more melodic intricacies and more subtleties in the arrangements. At times this album flirts with an old school doom/death sound whilst at other moments hearkens more to early Gorgoroth, Ancient or Immortal. More importantly though, this album is a serious challenge to the staleness and mediocrity of modern metal.

Download:

Dúchas MP3 (RAR Archived)

Visuals:

Front cover – Back cover

Beithíoch’s homepage @ Hi.Arc.Tow

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About Creative Commons

This album is provided as a free Creative Commons licensed download by HI.ARC.TOW. This makes it free to download and to redistribute.

In line with our ethos of continual improvement and efforts to weed out the inadequate in favor of the superlative, Síol Na Gréine have released a reworked and improved version of 2008 album Incandescence. The debut album of this project, what Incandescence originally lacked in polish and patience for detail it made up for with a spirit of reverent curiosity and a warm, honest sound. Now, preserving that which originally made the album compelling, the album’s mix and presentation have been given a refresh alongside a number of enhancements to the composition/orchestration of some of the tracks.

Download (Rar archived MP3) here

Or stream it via bandcamp on Síol Na Gréine’s page @ hiarctow.com

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About Creative Commons

This album is provided as a free Creative Commons licensed download by HI.ARC.TOW. This makes it free to download and to redistribute.

info [at] hiarctow.com for any enquiries or feedback.