Various Artists - Their Finest Hour
Phlow bills itself as the “MP3 culture magazine” and it is an essential site for those looking for free and legal online album. although the bulk of reviewed albums tend to be in the electronic arena , there is a nice amount of folktronics, indie rock, ambient and a few other genres. It is a regular stop for me as I search for the best online albums.
Phlow has been regularly releasing their own compilations since the beginning of January. These include a series of collections appropriately titled Their Finest Hours featuring tracks from the artists that have been featured on the web site. So far there are three volumes and they all deliver some fine music to while away your time. For the most part the tracks are what I would call”Chill-out” due to the calming mood they place on the listener but there are a number of dance worthy tunes. You will find a lot of music here and it is hard to pick favorites but I am partial to Superbus’s “The Place” and Bobby Baby’s sweeter-than-sugar “Bye Bye Snow”, both on volume 1. On volume 2, I would call your attention to the tracks by Iambic2, Incognito Travelers (whose previous EP I have reviewed here), and The Twombley Spiders. Volume 3 keeps up the good quality with such gems as Soto’s “My Blue Plane”, My Awesome Mixtape’s “The Giant Squid”, Sabian’s can’t-stay-off-the-dance-floor “Rhode-O”. These three compilations should please any kind of musical palate.
their Finest Hour is available in MP3 format at varying bitrates but none under 192kbps MP3.
thank you for your kind words :) soon we’ll publish a new compilation. this time compiled by sven with mainly pop-orientated material. i think compilations are a good start for people you get in touch their very first time with netlabels.
Comment by mo. — November 20, 2008 @ 11:17 pm