Avrocar - Against The Dying Of The Light

Beneath pseudonyms - Avrocar or July Skies - and album titles which doesn’t greatly inspire, Antony Harding has produced music to dream to, music to be elevated by. I already praised here the delicate, weightless world of his folk-oriented solo project called July Skies. Let me add to those of you who are fans of outer-space electronic melodies and ambient works that Antony Harding with the Birmingham based electronica group Avrocar delivered in April a new album filled with simplicity and serene beauty. It is called Against The Dying Of The Light. Some say that Avrocar had an influence on the evolution of Radiohead's sound…
You can hear exclusive previews of Against The Dying Of The Light at the Avrocar Zweimal MySpace page.

MySpace: Avrocar. Label and shop site: Make Mine Music

Avrocar - Our World Is Their Heaven .mp3
Avrocar - Against The Dying Of The Light .mp3

Bonus: Yellow6 - Long Saturday 2 .mp3

July Skies - The Weather Clock

July Skies (UK) have a new release out last May called The Weather Clock; it's one of those albums that sat on my wish list since I discovered them on stage last year (read here). This album is a rich and rewarding listening experience; from the opening seconds, I was hooked. The Weather Clock demonstrates a nice fusion of electro and acoustic including clever arranging and light vocals, along with very strategically placed instrumentation (a bass guitar here, a clarinet there). Once again, during those twelve compositions, July Skies constructs its music around pastoral vibes and invite you for a sonic journey through England and Wales. Together with other releases from the Make Mine Music catalogue (Epic45, Avrocar…), The Weather Clock was my August soundtrack.

Web: julyskies.com
MySpace: myspace.com/julyskies
Label: Make Mine Music

July Skies - Girl On The Hill .mp3 via The Music Lobby
July Skies - See Britain By Train .mp3

July Skies - Holydays To Wales . mp3