Micrographia And Mank - Free MP3s Galore

It's fair to say that north west Wales has always been a bit of a musical wasteland when it comes to real cool music. I lived there for a few years myself, and other than a couple of culty record shops, Welsh language nano-groups and the odd famous Cool Cymru band member, I struggle to name good things the area has done for my music collection.

I'm happy to say that something good is happening in the area at the moment though. I've known the music of Mank (Ben Powell) a few years now, via my days of running the long dead New Welsh Music.com - and in the last year, Mank's group project Micrographia. I've been particularly found of the 1st Micrographia mini-LP/demo since hearing it last year. On revisiting their site, they now have another mini-LP/demo called Everything Will Turn To Heat, both of which are free to download at 192kbps MP3.

The two self-made demos at times bring artists like Boards Of Canada, Mono, DJ Shadow, Radiohead, Mogwai and Godspeed You New Emperor to mind, with the emphasis on the electronica. To be fair, there's the odd weaker moment where the production limitations show through, but the overall effect of both albums is positive and engrossing - dreamy electronic post-rock on a shoestring. Considering they're free - you'd be a fool to miss out.

If you've fired up the downloads, grab Mank's solo 2002 EP Death Studios also. It's a bleak, stark and very listenable EP and worth a few moments of your time as well. Knock yourself out, there's a whole page of Mank and Micrographia downloads here.

Posted by Dio Bach at 2:46 PM