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Hammock Music
Hammock Music, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is the label imprint owned and operated by the band Hammock. The label is distributed by Secretly Distribution. In 2015, Hammock Music signed Slow Meadow, an ambient music project by Matt Kidd, to their label imprint. Hammock Music released Slow Meadow's self-titled debut in August 2015. Label artists * Hammock * Slow Meadow * The Summer Kills * Amman / Josh * The Ascent of Everest Imprint releases * ''Kenotic'' (2005, HMK-001CD) * '' Stranded Under Endless Sky'' EP (2005, HMK-002CD) * ''The Sleep-Over Series (Volume 1)'' (2006, HMK-003CD) * '' Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo'' (2006, HMK-004CD) * '' Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow'' (2008, HMK-005CD) * '' Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts'' (2010, HMK-006CD) * ''Chasing After Shadows... Living With the Ghosts (Outtakes)'' EP (2010, digital) * '' North West East South'' EP (2010, limited) * '' Longest Year'' EP (2011, HMK-007CD) * ''Asleep in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Byrd
Carey Marcus "Marc" Byrd (born 1970) is an American musician, writer, and producer best known as one-half of the post-rock/ ambient duo Hammock with Andrew Thompson. Since its formation in 2005, Hammock has released ten full-length albums and five EPs. One review of Hammock's 2013 record ''Oblivion Hymns'' remarked that Hammock "...has gone on to become one of the foremost purveyors of affecting ambient post-rock on the scene." Byrd was also involved in the 2006 ambient art project ''The Sleepover Series, Volume One'', which featured five solo tracks written and performed by Byrd. After an impromptu invitation to give their first-ever live performance as Hammock at the overseas debut art exhibition of Riceboy Sleeps, the artistic collaboration between Jón Þór (Jónsi) Birgisson (lead singer and guitarist of Sigur Rós) and Alex Somers (graphic designer and member of the band Parachutes), Byrd and Thompson wrote brand-new songs to celebrate the occasion, an undertaking which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stranded Under Endless Sky
''Stranded Under Endless Sky'' is the first extended play by American ambient band Hammock. A follow-up to the band's first studio album, ''Kenotic'', ''Stranded Under Endless Sky'' was released on compact disc through the band's own label, Hammock Music, on July 26, 2005. A 140-gram 12" vinyl version was released earlier that month, on July 16, 2005, through Republic of Texas Recordings and Somewherecold Records; it was limited to 100 copies on clear vinyl and 900 copies on black vinyl. Reception ''Stranded Under Endless Sky'' was met with positive critical reception. James Mason of AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ... noted that the album packs "enough emotion and provocative instrumental storytelling to fully engage and satisfy even the most jaded listener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Record Labels
File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, by genre, by company and by location. Alphabetical * List of record labels: 0–9 * List of record labels: A–H * List of record labels: I–Q * List of record labels: R–Z By genre * Bing Crosby's record labels after 1955 *List of Christian record labels *List of electronic music record labels * List of hip hop record labels *List of tango music labels By company *List of EMI labels *List of Kakao M labels *Record labels owned by Sony BMG *List of Sony Music labels *List of Universal Music Group labels * List of Warner Music Group labels By location *List of Bangladeshi record labels *List of record labels from Bristol *List of New Zealand record labels *List of Quebec record labels *List of West Coast hip hop record labels *List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion Hymns
''Oblivion Hymns'' is the sixth studio album by American ambient/post-rock band Hammock. It was released on November 26, 2013 by the band's own label, Hammock Music. The album cover for ''Oblivion Hymns'' was created as a commissioned piece by artist Amy Pleasant. Reception ''Oblivion Hymns'' was met with positive critical reception and hit No. 17 on the ''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers Album Chart in 2013. Mike Diver at '' Clash'' magazine loved the album, stating that ''Oblivion Hymns'' is "…some of the most blissful music Clash has ever had the luxury of bathing in. ammockhas gone on to become one of the foremost purveyors of affecting ambient post-rock on the scene." John Diliberto, the host of '' Echoes'', listed ''Oblivion Hymns'' as No. 8 in the "25 Essential Echoes CDs for 2013" as an album that represented the best, most innovative aspects of the ambient music soundscape in the past year, stating that "Hammock goes deeper into their ambient chamber music with childrenâ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departure Songs
''Departure Songs'' is the fifth studio album (and first double album) by American ambient/post-rock band Hammock. It was released on October 2, 2012 by the band's own label, Hammock Music. Reception ''Departure Songs'' was met with positive critical reception. John Diliberto, the host of '' Echoes'', named ''Departure Songs'' the No. 1 album of the year for 2012 in his annual year-end "Top 10 Albums" list. Elizabeth Klisiewicz, writing for ''The Headphone Commute'', stated that "Hammock go massive as they meditate on grand themes of death and loss, their music ever larger, more expansive." Jordan Dowling at ''Contactmusic.com'' described the album as "where it all comes together. Every disparate strand and sound conjured over the past eight years is no longer separated by song or by album, but layered on top of each other on a release that encompasses and near enough perfects the depth and breadth of the Nashville duo's back-catalogue." Matt Gilley at Fluid Radio posited that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longest Year EP
''Longest Year'' is the fourth EP by American ambient band Hammock. It was released on December 14, 2010 by the band's own label, Hammock Music. Reception ''Longest Year'' met with positive critical reception. Heather Phares of Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ... noted that "''Longest Year'' marks a distinct departure from '' Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts'' more structured, percussive tracks; these reveries float and glide all the more majestically for their almost complete lack of beats... The Longest Year's beauty is undeniable." Ryan Burleson, writing for ''Consequence of Sound'', noted that the album "transmits more hope and transcendence than any amount of darkness gleaned from the title." Track listing References External links' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North West East South
Hammock is an American ambient post-rock duo formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2005 by Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson. Hammock have released 10 albums and five EPs since 2005, mostly on their own label, Hammock Music, which is distributed through Secretly Distribution, and have garnered favorable reviews from critics, including ''Pitchfork'' and AllMusic. History Formation and first releases Hammock was formed in Nashville, Tennessee by Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson, both former members of the alternative rock band Common Children. After the band split in 2001, the pair continued to write, record, and produce together in their free time. Byrd was a songwriter for EMI Records, a job which he disliked and left him feeling burned out creatively. He started to visit Thompson at his house, where they started "messing around" with ambient music that they had wanted to produce for some time at his basement studio named Studio 37. The style of music was similar to the music the pair were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow
''Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow'' is the third studio album by American ambient/post-rock band Hammock. It was released on May 6, 2008 on Darla Records and was reissued in 2013 by the band's own label, Hammock Music. In December 2008, American webzine ''Somewhere Cold Somewherecold Records (formerly Somewhere Cold Records) is an American independent record label established in late 2004 by Jason T. Lamoreaux. The record company was founded in Lexington, Kentucky, but is currently headquartered in Shelbyvill ...'' ranked ''Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow'' No. 2 on their ''2008 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame''. Track listing References {{Authority control Hammock (band) albums Hammock Music albums 2008 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raising Your Voice Trying To Stop An Echo
''Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo'' is the second studio album by American ambient/post-rock band Hammock. It was released on November 21, 2006, on Darla Records. It was reissued in 2011 by the band's own label, Hammock Music. Reception ''Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo'' was met with positive critical reception. In his review for ''AllMusic'', James Mason stated that, with this album, Hammock "leave behind the dream pop scene from whence they came, and become a band creating truly unique music -- transcendent shoegaze," further stating that this album left Hammock "at the top of their game." Joe Tangari, writing for ''Pitchfork'', suggested that ''Raising Your Voice...'' was "an unassuming record that speaks to all those things in our lives that aren't tangible," and that the music was "meant to be a contrail in a solid blue sky, a smear of sound that goes oddly well with any number of emotional states." Jason MacNeil, writing for ''PopMatters'', stated t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenotic (album)
''Kenotic'' is the debut studio album by American ambient/post-rock band Hammock. It was released in March 2005 by Hammock Music. Reception of the record was generally positive, and cemented their musical reputation before their EP ''Stranded Under Endless Sky'' was released later that year. In December 2005, American webzine ''Somewhere Cold'' ranked ''Kenotic'' No. 5 on their ''2005 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame'' list."Through a Glass Darkly", "Winter Light", and "The Silence" were all based on Ingmar Bergman movie titles. The track "You May Emerge From This More Dead Than Alive" came from the dialog of ''Winter Light''. On September 5, 2015, Hammock announced through their Facebook page that a deluxe remastered version of the album would be released to mark its 10-year anniversary. Track listing CD edition Personnel * Marc Byrd – guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redeye Distribution
Redeye Distribution, is an American independent record label based in Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States. It was founded in 1996 by Tor Hansen, Kim Hansen, Glenn Dicker. The label focuses on independent music. History Redeye is represented worldwide with U.S. offices in Hillsborough, NC, as well as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, and New York City; and international offices in London, Berlin, Sydney, and Toronto. The company is also a member of multiple industry-related organizations including Merlin, the Music Business Association, and A2iM. Redeye owns and operates the Yep Roc Music Group, a label group that includes Yep Roc Records, Break World Records, and Studio One Records as well as the Riff City Sounds publishing company. Redeye was awarded the National Association of Recording Merchandisers Distributor of the Year Award (Small Division) seven times in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. The Music Business Association honored Redeye with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
