I listen to a lot of music! So, I've put together a list of artists and bands I really like and just a few of my picks from them. Check them out.

• c.layne: Underrated psychedelic rock/pop artist from Texas. This dude's been everywhere in his music and recently I've been digging into his catalog.
  • "You Are the Reason" from Antonymic
  • "Down" from Maps of Us
  • "Vertigo Blues" and "Fight the Sea" from The Sun Will Come Out to Blind You produced/remixed by Victor Stone
    • Also "You Are the Reason" 2, electric boogaloo
  • "Octopus Trees", "Water is Bad", and "Spacesick" from Shark Week
• Vansire: Dream pop band from Rochester, MN.
  • "That I Miss You"
  • "Eleven Weeks" from The Rolling Driftless North
  • "Halcyon Age" from Angel Youth
  • "Suits and Coats" from Reflections and Reveries
• Blisstonia (sc): Shoegaze and electronic artist from Hawaii.
  • "The Depths" and "Chroma" from Hidden
  • "Pensive"
• Shaimus: Pop rock band of Harmonix and Microsoft Paint fame.
  • "All of This" and "Left to Dry" from Paper Sun
  • "While We're Young" from The Sad Thing Is, We Like It Here
  • "I'm Gone", "Means to an End" from Shaimus
• boy pablo: Chilean-Norweigan singer/songwriter and his indie pop-rock band.
  • "Everytime" from Roy Pablo
  • "Losing You" from Soy Pablo
• 落日飛車 Sunset Rollercoaster: Jazz-inspired synth-pop band from Taipei, Taiwan.
  • "Summum Bonum" from Cassa Nova
  • "New Drug" from Jinji Kikko
• Jake Kaufman/virt: Video game composer whom you might know for his work on Shantae, Shovel Knight, DuckTales: Remastered or his great chiptunes.
  • "Staring at My Spaceship" and "Flowerguy's Pool Party" from Choice Nuggets
  • "HBO Feature Presentation" and "Incident Zero" from FX4
• Fearofdark: UK-based chip/electronic artist, a whiz with FamiTracker.
  • "This Room" from Exit Plan
  • "Polaris" and "Motorway" from Motorway
  • "Snow Burn" and "Zoning Residential" from The Coffee Zone
  • "Sleigh Ride"
• kulor: Authentic chip and tracker tunes from Arizona, covering many different styles and hardware specs.
  • "I'm No Cyberhero" and "Cruisin' Mah '95 Pimpmobile" from NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL KULOR!
  • "Our Time Machine Works!" and "Love & Heartbreak in CHM102" from Soundchip Salad
• The Kyoto Connection: Music inspired by traditional Japanese culture, spanning multiple genres.
  • "Birds" and "The Matsuyama Mirror" from Postcards
  • "Hatchiko (The Faithful Dog)"

More artists and albums worth a mention:

• Bee Gees: This Is Where I Came In
  • "This Is Where I Came In"
  • "Man In The Middle"
  • "Sacred Trust"
  • "Technicolor Dreams"
• Slowdive: Souvlaki
  • "Alison"
  • "Souvlaki Space Station"
• Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works 85-92
  • "Pulsewidth"
  • "Ageispolis"
• TAS 1000: A Message for Marta
  • "I Am A Truly Fully Licensed Hairstylist"
  • "Science And Technology"
• pilotredsun: Achievement
  • "greetings"
  • "deathly"

I also like ambient music, here are some recommended albums in that sector:

• Brian Eno: Ambient 1: Music For Airports
• Takashi Kokubo: Oasis Of The Wind ～ Forest Of Ion
• Hiroshi Yoshimura: Four Post Cards, Green

Friends of the site:

• Aphrodisiac: If you hover around Somnolescent, this name might be familiar. If you like experimental, noisy, crunchy slapcore check him out.
• Ratified State (other aliases Thunderglide, Midnight Loon): Trance, electronic and chillout music.

This page was last modified 9/8/2020.