Don't forget that the brand new full-length album "Man is so small - So infinitely great" from IAT.MP3 artists The Giant's Dream is now available as a free download from either Nomethod or my very own webshop. And for those of you who want to give something back, it's also up at Klicktrack for super cheap.

Since Magnus Öberg's baby is due to arrive any day now, he decided that Nomethod should move up the release of IAT.MP3 artists The Giant's Dream brand new full-length record "Man is so small - So infinitely great" to today! So what are you waiting for? Either head on over to Nomethod, Klicktrack or my own webstore to pick it up! Best of all, if you get it from me or Nomethod, it's 100% FREE!

In other Nomethod news, the label will be releasing the debut album from IAT.MP3 artist The Giant's Dream as a free digital download. It will be called "Man is so small - so infinitely great" and it will be out July 25.

Another day, another top 10. This one's from IAT.MP3 artists The Giant's Dream: [click here]

Top 10s for 2006: The Giant's Dream

Interview: Joakim Westlund (The Giant's Dream)

MP3: The Giant's Dream - The wastelands of Arrakis

Some of you probably already noticed - there's a brand new netrelease from The Giant's Dream for download! "Aeons bygone" is an eight-song, 20-minute sci-fi post-rock/electronica concept piece and I've posted a good introductory track in the mp3 playlist if that sounds a bit daunting to you. Otherwise, I strongly suggest that you download the EP and put it on while reading my interview with Joakim Westlund, one-half of The Giant's Dream. As always, I am working hard to bring you the best and most interesting music that Scandinavia has to offer and, as with this offering, you can't beat the price. Enjoy!

The Giant's Dream - The wastelands of Arrakis

In related news, Aerial electronic sideproject The Giant's Dream will release a 3" CDEP on the Japanese label Duotone. The band says the material is more electronic than their earlier material and therefore, much greater as well. It will also be made available as a free mp3 download, but details are still tbc.

The Giant's Dream
Idiomatic allograph
Nomethod

A lot of people in my circle aren't that keen on instrumental music, so I sometimes feel like a weirdo for digging it so much. But I really love the versatility of good instrumental work: you can play it at home while cleaning or working at the computer, you can play it in the car and, if it's good enough, it'll even stand up to headphone listening. This 6-song disc by The Giant's Dream passes the muster for me. It's not a flashy disc; in fact, it's rather subtle and low-key. But it's a pleasant, relaxing listen. The pulsing keyboards and slightly off-kilter percussion of "Continuum" are just a little proggy, with enough variation in its relatively minimal arrangement to keep your attention. The crisply arranged title track works wonders in just two and a half minutes. But the two finest tracks are "Empyrean," which seems absolutely lit from within the way the guitar, percussion and occasional plaintive piano complement each other and "glow" with confidence, and the delightful "Forward," a little gem of a piece that makes the most of its warm, ambling acoustic guitar and a few dollops of mellow synth. Nothing groundbreaking here, but "Idiomatic allograph" is a well-produced, soft-focus little platter that goes down nice and easy, just like a perfectly blended mixed drink on a cool summer evening.
- Kevin Renick

I now have copies of The Giant's Dream CDs for sale, as well as paid mp3 downloads: [click here]

2006 release schedule for upstart indie label Nomethod:

01/10 - QGMR - No Language EP
01/31 - Aerial - Black rain from the bombing CD
02/27 - The giant's dream - Idiomatic allograph EP
03/13 - KVLR - Swan Songs EP
04/24 - v/a - It´s the method of Nomethod's Summer CD

Upstart indie label (The method of) Nomethod has announced yet another signing: The Giant's Dream, an offshoot act of their first signing Aerial. In other Nomethod-related news, I'll soon be adding their releases to the webstore as paid downloads.