The new music blog BlocSonic has the potential to be one of the most exciting entities in internet music. The goal is to offer a complete online album monthly showcasing free legal music from various netlabels. The Netbloc series will offer music from all genres complete with art and a pdf format booklet of liner notes.

If Volume One: The Opening Salvo is an example, we are all in for a treat. The choices come from rock, electronica, world ambient, dub, and even blues. I certainly know the art of finding good quality free and legal music can be easily equated to the proverbial needle in a haystack. BlocSonic appears to have a talent for finding needles. The first track is an attention getting “Seven Faces of Him” by a tight post-rock band called M.A.C.Z.A. Things immediately chill down with a tasty Europen hip-hop number by Raflesia. But BlocSonic doesn’t play it safe as the third track throws you into Blues territory with a down-home rendition of “Good Ol’ Shoe” by Patchwork on the Blues. The variety and quality of this compilation is so strong I’m tempted to list and describe all ten tracks but here are a few favorites. Melissa Welch’s “Nano Moon Coral” continues to prove that Ms. Welch is one of the more creative artists currently doing down-tempo and IDM. Happy Elf’s retro 80s’ synthesizer groove never sounded never than on “You Foxy Lady”. Finally, Phou Trakk has a new age / Asian groove piece titled “Long Transfer” guaranteed to mellow out your day.

The album is available in FLAC format or MP3s of 192kbps or 320kbps. The excellent 36 page booklet is in PDF format. After you sampled this great collection, I’m sure you will want to come back for the series each month. Bookmark it as your second favorite source for free and legal MP3. ( I don’t think I need to tell you what your first choice for internet music should be, do I?)

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