John ola is the former guitarist in the punk band C. Aarmé. In Spring he released his solo album debut, which shortly is called “LP”. It’s a strong instrumental album where he paints harsh, dark landscapes, where the dust still whirls around after the battle, but where beautiful melodies makes it through the haze from afar. It feels filmic and the analogue synth sounds reminds us of old glorious days in this newly created rough environment. Here are two songs:

John ola’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

Snakethread is a Swedish producer and DJ, whom I’m going to present a couple of tracks from today. Well, you can guess that it’s about electronica, mostly instrumental. It’s ambient and colourful, rather varied and imaginative with ambiences that ranges from the ominous to chill with an urban vibe. He’s continuously presenting new songs, which you can follow on his Soundcloud page. Here’s a taste:

Snakethread on Tumblr – on Facebook – on Soundcloud – on Bandcamp

A little less than a year ago I presented the duo Fort Fairfield’s smooth song “Danziger Strasse“, and I think it’s appropriate that I also present the album where the song ended up. It’s called “Prenzlauer Berg” and was released in Spring. 16 tracks with nice laidback bass figures and an almost minimalistic instrumental electronica. A coherent and very much enjoyable album. Here are two tracks; one of them with guest vocals from Cosima Lamberth.

Fort Fairfield on Facebook – Spotify – Soundcloud

Music for love, dreams, and warm summer nights, the band Dorena, hailing from Göteborg, write about their new album “Nuet” (“The Present”). And it does feel summery in this instrumental, beautiful post rock where they mix old and new sounds, peaceful contemplations and grand post rock explosions. Taste a couple of tracks here below.

Dorena’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Rara – on Bandcamp

In 2009 I presented Dr. Sounds here on the blog and since then he’s been quite productive, to say the least. Counting the albums on Spotify I can find at least 11 of them only since 2010, with songs and albums of varying length; “Kobresia” from 2010, for example, contains 60 tracks with several hours of music. If you like to sink into chillout, different electronic sound atmospheres and ambient music, you have quite a gold mine here to find some inspiration from. The latest album is called “Cobresia III”, and the first song here below is taken from there. Below it you’ll find “Bengali” with some asian influences, which can often be found in his music.

Dr. Sounds on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Soundcloud