New album tip: The new @leonrosado : A Must buy!

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Published on: May 8, 2012

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      Some dickhead has burgled the home of Leonardo Rosado. There are some things in life, that I will never understand. One of them is burglary, with profits of a lousy 100 or so euro’s, the damage caused is so much bigger. What kind of a brainless f*ckhead do you need to be, to break into someone’s home, invade his privacy and then take off with a laptop and a camera. Go get a freaking life! It really pisses me off, that kind of sh.t. And then to have it happening to a friend, who works so hard maintaining his fabulous labels next to his own music, makes me pissed even more.

Now, Leonardo has released his new album “The Blue Nature of Everyday” and makes a personal plea for support, in order for him to buy a new laptop. Let’s make sure he goes beyond his target, so that he also can buy a new camera! If you can spare a few bucks extra, please do. Not only for Leonardo, but also to show your disgrace towards such pathetic thief’s.

Listen, buy, enjoy and support!

His personal appeal: http://feedbacklooplabel.blogspot.pt/2012/05/personal-plead.html

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New album tip: Meet the new label “we are all ghosts”.

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Published on: April 15, 2012

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      We are all ghosts is a new label by Thomas Mathie that specialises in ambient electronic soundscapes. The Path Between The Trees by Cousin Silas is it’s excellent first release and is available now at Bandcamp for streaming and as pay-what-you-want purchase. It is also available free of charge on Archive.org through this link: http://archive.org/details/waag_rel001

Go give it a listen and enjoy it as much as I do!

we are all ghosts: http://www.weareallghosts.co.uk/
Bandcamp: http://weareallghosts.bandcamp.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/weareall_ghosts

(On the main page, the album tip is in the right column! :-) )

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April 15, 2012 - (0)

New album tip: Buy Both and Feel Deceived by Toaster.

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Published on: March 23, 2012

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      Invisible Agent records have a new release coming up: Buy Both and Feel Deceived by Toaster. Available now at Bandcamp and all major stores in a few days. It can not be anything else then good, if it comes from Warren. So go listen, enjoy and buy! :-)

Invisible Agent Records: http://www.invisibleagent.com/
Bandcamp: http://invisibleagent.bandcamp.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/invisibleagent

(On the main page, the album tip is in the right column! :-) )

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March 23, 2012 - (0)

New album tip: New Underground – Volume One

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Published on: March 11, 2012

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      Check out my new album tip: New Underground – Volume One. Featuring the great artists Artificial Sun Project, Wolfgang Merx, Coloured Lines, Rhys Anslow, The Ambient League and The Hard Drive, don’t miss it! And keep this new label under close watch for it’s future releases. Make sure to follow / like it’s pages:

http://twitter.com/New_Underground
http://www.facebook.com/NewUnderground

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March 11, 2012 - (0)

Puzzled. An update: I lost my job.

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Published on: March 6, 2012

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      This time last year, I made a decision, despite other options I went back to work for the coach company that had laid me off 2 months before. The choice was mainly made because I had figured out that being a coach driver is the right job for me. If I’d win the lottery tomorrow, I’d buy my own coach the same day. I had a great year, challenging jobs and a decent number of international trips. But winter came and that brought along a less positive period. The vacation in Sweden was great, so much rest and such a wonderful quiet country. After my return though, I was presented with a very different reality. A car breaking down, a house renovation forcing costs on me, nightmare traffic and winter weather. All this made me depressed and the doubts about my job, and the poor income that comes with it, once again got the better of me. I started exploring my options, went to some interviews and talked things over with friends and family. Finally, I decided to bite the bullet. Better times would come with the start of the season and in the long run I’d manage fine with the income I had. Only days after though I got devastating news; where I had hoped for more certainty, I got the opposite and was told I’m laid off again. I should be furious, I have given all I have for this company in the past 4 years. I accepted them screwing me out of a solid contract, and this is what I get in return – a lousy 3 week notice before the end of my current contract. Why I am not furious, I do not know. Maybe it’s the shock? My life is turned upside down but most of all, I feel I have been stabbed in the back. I just don’t get it and 2 questions dominate my thoughts: Why? What now? I don’t have an answer for either…

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New Album Tip: Hirobleep – Goto Basic.

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Published on: February 5, 2012

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      While you’ll still have to wait for my first proper post of this year (terribly sorry for that, I’ll explain!) I figured it was time for a new album tip!

I’m usually not directly interested when I see another 8bit artist popping up, there’s plenty of those around. But this dude is a new kid on the block that certainly has lots of potential. I instantly liked his first EP and he’s got a album coming up. If you like 8bit electronic music, make sure to check this out. His debut EP is now in the right column in my “Tip of the week” section, or click (more) below.
And you can find him at Twitter right here. :-)

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February 5, 2012 - (0)

The last post of 2011.

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Published on: December 31, 2011

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      Just before the year ends, a last short post from me. All packed up and ready to go, I’ll leave tomorrow morning early, to catch the most of the new year’s day silence on the roads. I should be arriving in the late evening at my hotel near Kalmar, Sweden, roughly a 1200 Km drive. I hope all will go well and I’ll be tweeting during the trip and should be posting pictures frequently.

On a administrative note, I have finally managed to launch my Skanvas page, a project dedicated to the sky and clouds above us. Read all about it here: http://skanvas.basdriver.nl/about/ and you can find the main site here: http://skanvas.basdriver.nl/ And while we’re at the subject of pictures, I have also opened a Flickr page for my pictures, you can find it here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/basdriver/

Have a fantastic new year everyone! I’ll see you on the other side of new year’s eve.

Basil.
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I am a professional driver on truck and coach from the Dutch lowlands. My interests are in music, cars/transportation, my pets and "being different".
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