I'd like to thank everyone who supported me and voted my song The Voice of the Rain into best of the week. Especially F-777, you're awesome :D Probably wouldn't have got it without your help promoting it. I'm really humbled by the response so far, I was expecting some hate for having an ambient song at the top spot but so far everyone's been really cool!

Now that I have the ability to make front page posts.... I have been wanting this for a long long time >:3 But I'm not gonna make this post about me. I'd like to take the chance to promote some really great independent music I've discovered.

IF THIS IS TL;DR, JUST WATCH THE VIDEOS. THE INFORMATION IS IF YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT THE ARTIST. BETTER YET READ THE INFORMATION WHILE WATCHING THE VIDEOS :]

I went to an M83 concert recently (amazing) and the opening band was School of Seven Bells. Some of the most unique, entrancing, and beautiful music I've ever heard. Their debut album Alpinisms is high on my list of best albums of 2008. It was started as a side project by the bassist of Secret Machines, Benjamin Curtis, and features the vocal harmonies of twins Alejandra Deheza and Claudia Deheza. If I had to describe it I would say it's a mixture of indie/psychadelic/ambient/electronica with a bit of a middle eastern vibe. I know that sounds completely ridiculous, just watch the youtube video below and you'll see :P

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The second artist I've found out about recently is Ultraform. Ultraform aka Fabian Kempe is a hard trance producer from Stockholm Sweeden. I found out about him because he did an amazing remix of a Talla 2XLC song (who I also recently became a fan of) I was not a big fan of hard trance, I hated on it a bit until I heard him. Completely changed my view on the genre. His music is the most intense electronica I've ever heard, yet it manages to be hauntingly melodic and beautiful. I especially like it because of the acid and psy influences. He created a record label, Fools Forest and I hope it takes him places. He's very talented and deserves a lot more recognition than he's getting. You can download his album Sense Your Mind or order a CD copy here.

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I hope you enjoy these two artists as much as I do :] They need the support.

Also, thanks again for the best of the week spot, my next song will likely be for the December MAC.