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GILES JACOBS AND WOLFGANG MERX – I Have Fought! (2015)

August 21, 2015by Make Your Own Taste Leave a comment

This new album was released in conjunction with the We Are All Ghosts netlabel. Merx and Jacobs are two very experienced ambient/electronic musicians. For this album they came up with […]

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Ambient, Avant garde, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, IDM, Krautrock, Netlabel, Uncategorized

ASCENDANT – Æthereal Code (2015) The genuine mystic trance

July 16, 2015by Make Your Own Taste Leave a comment

Ascendant is an ambient superduo of sorts, comprised of Chris Bryant (Signs of Life) and Don Tyler (Phase47, and Make Your Own Taste’s best ambient album of 2014, Amytis Rising […]

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Ambient, Electronic, IDM, New Age, Space Music

Year-End Bests, Part 3: Thomas Mathie and Matthew Sweeney’s picks

December 19, 2014by Make Your Own Taste 1 Comment

We finish our year-end roundup with two final fellas. Previously we had two ambient musicians/writers’ selections. Now we have two bloggers, one of whom runs a fine netlabel as well, […]

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Acoustic, Ambient, Avant garde, Dream pop, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, Folk-rock, IDM, Netlabel, Noise, Post-rock, Progressive, Psychedelic, Rock, Soundtrack

Fall 2014 Netaudio Revue 2

November 13, 2014by Make Your Own Taste 2 Comments

Got a very big but high-quality roundup for you this November, 2014. Talk about an overflowing cornucopia of electronic delights. I’ve been figuratively spinning these albums for a while and […]

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Ambient, Avant garde, Dark ambient, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, IDM, Krautrock, Netlabel, Noise, Piano, Psychedelic, Space Music, Vocal

August Netaudio Revue 2

August 19, 2014by Make Your Own Taste 2 Comments

The world is fortunate to get a second roundup/capsule review post from me this month. And this one contains a cute little conflict of interest, technically. Two of my contributors, […]

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Acoustic, Ambient, Avant garde, Dark ambient, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, IDM, Netlabel, Piano, Psychedelic, Space Music, Uncategorized

WATERPLEA – Rudimentary Oscillations (2013) Future music from the new Russia

July 18, 2014by Make Your Own Taste Leave a comment

One of the main reasons why I continue to review music so regularly and put so much effort into it is that not only do I get to hear a […]

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Ambient, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, IDM, Progressive, Psychedelic, Rock, Space Music, Uncategorized

May Netaudio Revue

May 15, 2014by Make Your Own Taste Leave a comment

Another month, another one or two roundups. But man, my listening life just keeps getting better and better. I just wade through heaps of goodness each month. This month we […]

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Acoustic, Ambient, Avant garde, Dark ambient, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, Folk, Folk-rock, IDM, Netlabel, Noise, Psychedelic, Rock, Singer-songwriter, Space Music, Uncategorized

Make Your Own Taste Mix 1

May 15, 2014by Make Your Own Taste Leave a comment

Ladies and germs, I have truly joined the future. Go have a listen to my first mix/podcast. It’s kind of a combo because I thought it might be fun to […]

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Ambient, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, IDM, Space Music

Cosmic and earthly ambient voyages with ALPHA WAVE MOVEMENT

April 23, 2014by Make Your Own Taste Leave a comment

One of my primary pleasures here is taking the opportunity to reward through words the hardworking and prolific ambient musicians who have produced extensive and consistently high-quality discographies, but because […]

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Ambient, Drone, Electronic, IDM, Psychedelic, Space Music, Uncategorized

April Netaudio Revue

April 14, 2014by Make Your Own Taste 6 Comments

Man, time flies. I’ve gotten through quite a few submissions recently, though, and here’s the pick of the crop. Igneous Flame – Lumen Veteran prolific ambienteer Pete Kelly returns with […]

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Acoustic, Ambient, Avant garde, Dark ambient, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, Goth, IDM, Netlabel, Noise, Rock, Space Music, Uncategorized

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The History of My Taste

  • River of Tears
  • The Music of the Spheres: A Rock Dystopia
  • No Reason to Cry: Songs by Grant McLennan
  • PROCOL HARUM’s underrated musical blend
  • HAMMOCK Reaches for the Heavens…and Takes Us Along
  • Fairport Convention’s “Liege and Lief”
  • Video Premiere: Unimaginable Light Shines Out by The Gateless Gate
  • Khan Tengri – KT2 (2016)
  • CONCERT REVIEW: ANATHEMA in Toronto, August 21, 2017
  • ANATHEMA – The Optimist (2017)
  • MICHAEL DILAURO – Spaghetti Western (2016)
  • TWILIGHT FIELDS – Further Up, Further In! (2016)
  • 10 More Essential British 1970s folk-rock albums
  • The Tragically Hip and Canada’s Fraught Identity
  • 10 more great post-2000 progressive rock albums
  • 10 More Classic International Prog-Rock Albums
  • KHAN TENGRI – Aeons (2016)
  • 10 of the best albums of the late 1960s, Vol. 2
  • COVER VERSIONS – Albums by Steven Wilson, Daniel Cavanagh, Ulver, The Church … and Def Leppard
  • CARAVAN – Musical Whimsy and Wonder from England’s South Coast
  • An appreciation of PHIL COLLINS: You’re not worthy
  • GILES JACOBS AND WOLFGANG MERX – I Have Fought! (2015)
  • CONCERT REVIEW: The Church in Toronto, August 7, 2015
  • THE FIERCE AND THE DEAD – Magnet (2015)
  • SOUND OF CONTACT – Dimensionaut (2013)
  • NEW Gateless Gate releases: Ancient Ocean and Ancient Metals
  • The Essential ROBERT RICH
  • ASCENDANT – Æthereal Code (2015) The genuine mystic trance
  • ANATHEMA – Weather Systems (2012) Music’s healing power
  • CONCERT REVIEW: Rush’s R40 in Toronto, June 17, 2015
  • ALTUS – The Time Collection (2015)
  • Starlit and Bible Black: DAVID CROSS and ROBERT FRIPP’s Starless Starlight (2015)
  • A tribute to the pot-head pixies: DAEVID ALLEN and GONG
  • Ten beautifully tranquil new age albums
  • An Old Person’s Guide to King Crimson
  • Hello!
  • ROBERT RICH – Filaments (2015)
  • STEVEN WILSON – Hand. Cannot. Erase. (2015)
  • 10 of the best albums of the late 1960s, Vol. 1
  • THE GATELESS GATE – Landslag Norður Íslands (The Landscape of North Iceland) (2015)
  • BYRON METCALF, STEVE ROACH, ROB THOMAS – Monuments of Ecstasy (2015)
  • Seven Sojourns: The early adventures of THE MOODY BLUES
  • 2015 Winter Roundup
  • K. NOVOTNY – Gesture & Texture (2015)
  • Three Fine New Releases from Fluttery Records: Gespenst, Summer Effect, Row Boat
  • EARLYGUARD’s Nachtgedanken (plus) – a new modern master
  • The 200th Post: The Top 10 Best Weird Al Yankovic Originals!
  • Heartbreak engraved in vinyl: Two classic, cathartic break-up albums
  • Year-End Bests, Part 3: Thomas Mathie and Matthew Sweeney’s picks
  • Year-End Bests, Part 2: Simon Slator and Lee Rosevere’s picks

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  • House Of Freudstein
  • A Folk Song a Week
  • On Books On Music
  • progressivelyso
  • Read and Hear
  • timeweleftthisworldtoday
  • Boppin's Blog
  • My Site
  • Daily Rock Report
  • vinylconnect.wordpress.com/
  • Tales From The Riverbank
  • thewisetent
  • The Immortal Jukebox
  • Good Music Speaks
  • Eternity Tree
  • PostRock Star
  • SnapDragon Magazine
  • Dayz of Purple
  • Retrospective Overload
  • Toppermost
  • PREPARED GUITAR
  • HearFeel
  • Critter Jams
  • The Music That You Hear
  • Spacerockmountain
  • Progwinds - Prog and rock news, reviews and more!
  • The Isolatarium
  • The 13th Track
  • Ambient music FB
  • Santa Sangre
  • Sampling Station
  • A Little Light Music
  • The Delete Bin
  • The CerebralRift
  • The Rambler
  • Headphonaught's Nanolog
  • WE LOVE ALL THAT
  • Benvenuti
  • Revolt of the Apes
  • if you see light
  • Revolutions Per Minute
  • Small Town Romance
  • Styrofoam Drone
  • Foreign Accents
  • Stationary Travels
  • New Music Buff
  • Starving Daughter's Vinyl Impressions
  • harmonicsdb
  • elmergantry
  • forestpunk

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  • Just started watching 'The Human Condition,' which is apparently over 9 hours long. That'll be me for a while. 1 day ago

Top Posts & Pages

  • 10 of the finest German electronic albums
  • 12 Essential British 1970s folk-rock albums
  • HAMMOCK Reaches for the Heavens...and Takes Us Along
  • A listener's guide to THE CHURCH
  • Ten essential classics of KRAUTROCK
  • Classics of 1970s French progressive rock
  • Classics of 1970s Italian Progressive Rock
  • 12 Essential British 1980s folk-rock albums
  • ALL ABOUT EVE - Ultraviolet (1992) A lost dreampop classic
  • The heart of the BIG COUNTRY: The musical legacy of Stuart Adamson

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House Of Freudstein

... in association with The Dunwich Drive In.

A Folk Song a Week

On Books On Music

Reflections on new books about music and musicians

progressivelyso

progressive rock; albums, commentaries and concert reviews

Read and Hear

Recommended listening!

timeweleftthisworldtoday

This world's so mixed up everywhere you go

Boppin's Blog

Albums, concerts, reviews, audio gear, how to's

My Site

Daily Rock Report

Because you like it hard and Loud.

vinylconnect.wordpress.com/

Tales From The Riverbank

What's happening here in Freak City

thewisetent

The art of getting by.

The Immortal Jukebox

A Blog about Music and Popular Culture

Good Music Speaks

A music blog written by Rich Brown

Eternity Tree

Underground Music Recommendations

PostRock Star

Reviewing all things post-rock and all things relevant

SnapDragon Magazine

Music, Arts, Entertainment and more

Dayz of Purple

Eclectic reviews of ambient, psychedelic, post-rock, folk and progressive rock ... etc.!

Retrospective Overload

Nostalgic Music Criticism from Portland, sister blog to Foreign Accents

Toppermost

Eclectic reviews of ambient, psychedelic, post-rock, folk and progressive rock ... etc.!

PREPARED GUITAR

Eclectic reviews of ambient, psychedelic, post-rock, folk and progressive rock ... etc.!

HearFeel

Sounds Into Words

Critter Jams

Supported by Mooncrosoft.

The Music That You Hear

Eclectic reviews of ambient, psychedelic, post-rock, folk and progressive rock ... etc.!

Spacerockmountain

Eclectic reviews of ambient, psychedelic, post-rock, folk and progressive rock ... etc.!

Progwinds - Prog and rock news, reviews and more!

The Isolatarium

Incarceration techniques.

The 13th Track

Features and reviews focusing on the known and unknown legends of Rock 'n' Roll; the private press heroes, doomed power poppers, psychedelic guitar warlords, avant garde outsiders, and lo-fidelity all stars.

Ambient music FB

Eclectic reviews of ambient, psychedelic, post-rock, folk and progressive rock ... etc.!

Santa Sangre

blissful nightmares & mechanical dreams

Sampling Station

Tasty tunes, laughs, TV + film

A Little Light Music

Eclectic reviews of ambient, psychedelic, post-rock, folk and progressive rock ... etc.!

The Delete Bin

pop, rock, punk, folk, new wave, R&B, blues, electronica, and jazz

The CerebralRift

True Indie Art from the Commons

The Rambler

Tim Rutherford-Johnson

Headphonaught's Nanolog

Eclectic reviews of ambient, psychedelic, post-rock, folk and progressive rock ... etc.!

WE LOVE ALL THAT

And you know that can't really be bad. No.

Benvenuti

Eclectic reviews of ambient, psychedelic, post-rock, folk and progressive rock ... etc.!

Revolt of the Apes

... we shall found our own armies, our own religion, our own dynasty! And that day is upon you... now!

if you see light

Richard Thwaites

Revolutions Per Minute

Religion, Politics, Music - RPM. Get it?

Small Town Romance

Styrofoam Drone

Always tuned in.

Foreign Accents

A Portland-based blog for appreciating experimental music and sound art the world over

Stationary Travels

Journeys in Sound & Music

New Music Buff

Random perspectives from an informed new music fan.

Starving Daughter's Vinyl Impressions

Eclectic reviews of ambient, psychedelic, post-rock, folk and progressive rock ... etc.!

harmonicsdb

thoughts about music by David Beardsley

elmergantry

' I've lost the power I had to distinguish between what to ignite and what to extinguish' - Rowland S. Howard

forestpunk

A Journal Of The Dark Arts

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