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BFW recordings is an independent internet music label or netlabel based in Manchester, UK. We release a wide selection of music - ambient, shoegaze, indie, glitch, experimental, electronica and much more - all of which you can download for FREE!
We are always looking for new and interesting music so feel free to send us your demo but please read our demo policy first.
This music is for everyone! Please feel free to share this music on your blog or website or with your friends.
All music from BFW recordings is released under a Creative Commons License

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Beastmaster

Beastmaster

is a multi-instrumentalist from the UK. Using begged and borrowed instruments and effects pedals. Full on grungy, bluesy, psychedelic guitars and drums with hints of Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips and Jaga Jazzist. And this wall of sound comes from just one man. We hope to have more from Beastmaster in the future.
Beastmaster - Goathead - BFW Recordings Beastmaster - Spectral Bullock - BFW Recordings
Bing Satellites

Bing Satellites

is a prolific ambient shoegaze musician and producer from Manchester, UK.
Bing has released several EPs and album on BFW, including a collaboration with OnSpiderPark, a collection of remixes and an ever-growing collection of live, improvised ambient music entitled Twilight Sessions
He also hosts radio shows on RebelRadio.FM - playing an eclectic selection of the best ambient, shoegaze, punk and electronica from around the world and netlabel-news.com, playing the best new netlabel releases.
Bing Satellites - Summer Night - BFW Recordings Bing Satellites - Forever - BFW Recordings Bing Satellites - Slow Motion - BFW Recordings Bing Satellites - Little Waves - BFW Recordings Bing Satellites - Twilight Sessions volume 1 - BFW Recordings Bing Satellites - Twilight Sessions volume 2 - BFW Recordings Bing Satellites - Twilight Sessions volume 3 - BFW Recordings OnSpiderPark & Bing Satellites - Lines In The Sky - BFW Recordings Bing Satellites - Nothing For Miles - BFW Recordings Bing Satellites - Accidental Music volume 1 - BFW Recordings

Bing Satellites on the web:

www.bfwrecordings.com/bing
www.facebook.com/bingsatellites
reverbnation.com/bingsatellites
Chris Fordham The Silent Committee

Chris Fordham /
The Silent Committee

Chris Fordham is a English musician whose songs are beautiful and melancholic.
As The Silent Committee, he performs a varied collection of original, experimental music featuring electronic and acoustic instruments. The recording quality of these songs vary depending on the recording device used... ranging from a battered dictaphone micro-cassette to fully digital studio quality. These songs are written with the sole intention of enjoyment by the composer and anyone else with an open mind. Chris hosts a radio show on RebelRadio.FM playing a selection of the best indie and unsigned music.
Chris also a member of the band Enki.
The Silent Committee - Regret - BFW Recordings Chris Fordham - Took A Walk EP - BFW recordings netlabel The Silent Committee - Staring At The Sea - BFW Recordings

Chris Fordham on the web:

MySpace   blog

The Silent Committee on the web:

blog   MySpace   remixes on MySpace
Closer Contact - BFW Recordings

Closer Contact

is Magnus Larsson. He lives in Linkoping, Sweden with his family and has been making electronic music since the late 90's. So far, he has released a couple of records, done some remixing, some motion picture music and played a couple of live shows. He is also part of a music collective called 'Dogma Nouveau'.

Releases to date on other labels:

'Passion' album - Irritum Records 2005; 'Through The Sea And Home' album 2005, 'Music am ep' EP 2007 and 'Beautiful Embrace' EP 2009 - Pendant Records.
Closer Contact - Drowning In Detail - BFW Recordings Closer Contact - Airports - BFW Recordings Closer Contact and Meteer - Geography

Closer Contact on the web:

MySpace   remixes on MySpace
Cousin Silas

Cousin Silas

has been releasing his own brand of ambient and experimental music for the past 10 years or so, from his base in Yorkshire, England, on a variety of indepent music labels and netlabels.
His first release on BFW, 'The Snow Imposed Silence' is a beautiful, full blown, ambient album - a wonderful listen.
If you like the album check out the links below to Cousin Silas's previous releases.
Cousin Silas - The Snow Imposed Silence - BFW Recordings

Cousin Silas on the web:

MySpace
Ketsa

Ketsa

is one quarter of Soapsud City, west London's latest electronica label. His first label was Hydrophonic recordings, a well received banging techno label back in 2003. Then he was known as Shaolin. After four releases on his own imprint and three on Primate Recordings, Shaolin grew disillusioned by the scene and went back to the studio. He returns as Ketsa, bringing originality and emotion back into electronica and downtempo music - layered ambiences blend with clattering beats, live instruments and percussion. Having completed three albums already, Thoughts, End Daze, and the Remixes and Reedits sessions, Ketsa has also appeared on Stuttgart based Mutan Records.
Ketsa - Eleven - BFW Recordings Ketsa - the x inside - BFW Recordings Ketsa - Time's Eye Transition - 10 years of Ketsa - BFW Recordings Ketsa - What's Without's Within - BFW recordings

Ketsa on the web:

myspace.com/ketsad
Maybe Starry Skies

Maybe Starry Skies

"After many years playing punk-rock in several bands, I recently started a new musical project based on instrumental pieces of music, inspired by post-rock, movies, and emotional atmospheres. Maybe Starry Skies could be defined as music to listen on the road, when the night has fallen, travelling to unknown cities.
For now I am working on my music alone, but I'm always looking for collaborations and contributions to build and make Maybe Starry Skies' universe evolve."

Maybe Starry Skies - Sinequanone - BFW Recordings

maybe Starry Skies on the web:

maybestarryskies.free.fr
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Meteer

Meteer

Björn Asserhed from Sweden, also known as 'Meteer' has been making electronic music for many years. He is part of the Linköping based music collective 'Dogma Noveau' and has done a couple of net releases, collaborative projects, some remixes and live performances the last years. Meteer is attracted to textured soundscapes, minimalism and evolving rythms.
Closer Contact and Meteer - Geography - BFW Recordings
Phillip Wilkerson

Phillip Wilkerson

Phillip Wilkerson began creating ambient music in 2005, after many years of experimenting with various types of synthesizers, sound modules, guitars, and then: virtual instruments.
His work ranges from warm, peaceful ambience to the more abstract and experimental forms of electronic music. He uses a variety of tools to create his music: Access synths, guitars, generative software, and field recordings.
Phillip Wilkerson - Daybook - BFW Recordings

Phillip Wilkerson on the web:

phillipwilkerson.net     MySpace     facebook
Poodleplay Arkestra

Poodleplay Arkestra

Just a bunch of desk slaves trying to catch a wave at the weekend.
Poodleplay Arkestra create warm experimental music influenced by Jon Hassell and Brian Eno but with a unique flavour.


Poodleplay Arkestra - Windy Miller's Cocaine Years - BFW Recordings Poodleplay Arkestra - Conversations With Ice Cream Men

Poodleplay Arkestra on the web:

MySpace    Poodleplay Arketype on MySpace
riverrun Daniel Land

riverrun

is a side project by Daniel Land of the Manchester, UK shoegaze band Daniel Land & The Modern Painters. Taking its name from the first line of James Joyce's modernist, subconscious masterpiece Finnegan's Wake, riverrun is a series of 'secret' ambient recordings that Land has been working for over a decade in parallel to his songs.
The debut album by Daniel Land & The Modern Painters, 'Love Songs For The Chemical Generation' is out now. You can get your copy HERE.
Daniel Land also plays guitar with The Steals and plays bass with Engineers.
riverrun Daniel Land - Hamworthy Common - Modern Landscapes

riverrun / Daniel Land on the web:

riverrun on MySpace
Daniel Land & The Modern Painters on MySpace
Daniel Land & The Modern Painters online store
Slylab

Slylab

is one-man show project by Deon, an indonesian citizen living in Bandung, West Java.
He produces electronic music and explores the melodic shoegaze and downtempo sub-genres since 2005. Influenced by bands from many genres, just feel free to listen.
The 'Love Will Conquer All' EP is out now as a free download from the Phonotatctics netlabel.
I Heard Something In The Distance volume 1 - a BFW Recordings sampler

Slylab on the web:  

MySpace
Sparkle Afternoon

Sparkle Afternoon

is an Indonesian pop minimalist band (according to the band's own definition) with indiepop, post-rock, shoegaze and britpop elements. The name is derived from the bright-bright afternoon in 19th December 2007. The band consists of Ratih Kemala Dewi (vocals), Diki Setiadi (guitar), Wama Kurnia (bass), Yogie (guitar), Riska Rachmawati (keyboards) and Tedy Wijaya (drums). Original keyboardist Dina left in May 2007. The band is based in Bandung, Indonesia.
Sparkle Afternoon - Gorgeous - BFW Recordings

Sparkle Afternoon on the web:   

MySpace
The Sunshine Factory

The Sunshine Factory

is a collaborative effort between a mystery lyricist and composer/performer Ian Taylor. Ian is the musical force behind the shoegaze influenced, guitar drenched melodies accented and supported by samples, honey sweet tone driven vocals.and old school dance beats. The band hales from the heart of Dixie, where the bluesiest blues were born. The real mystery is not why but how this music came from this place. The debut album "Vintage Revolution" is available at thesunshinefactory.bandcamp.com.
The Sunshine Factory - Sugar - BFW Recordings The Sunshine Factory - Vintage Revolution - BFW Recordings

The Sunshine Factory on the web:   

bandcamp.com
When Tides Collide

When Tides Collide

This project was started many years ago by Carlos R. Andujar with the intention of creating music, sound, or noise for the sole purpose of sleep accompaniment. As time passed the elements coalesced and transformed into an amalgam wrought from various musical influences ranging from ambient moods, hints of folk, indie rock, and pop. When Tides Collide has materialized in a variety of fashions throughout the years and encourages the "collective" mentality, allowing whomever is interested in performing in the live setting to do so. The cast continues to revolve, and the music continues to flow.
When Tides Collide - Through Moonlit Windows - BFW Recordings

When Tides Collide on the web:   

whentidescollide.com   MySpace

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