Ambient, Instrumental, Electronic Music + Multimedia
None So Vinyl begins as a metal and ambient music blog, but I have much bigger plans for this project. Eventually, it should be a record store, magazine, metal show
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Collected Pieces – Part 1, as you may have guessed from the title, is a compilation of In The Branches songs from various parts of the project’s catalog. This is perhaps the most versatile In The Branches album since Vivid Memories and Particles Collide. … Continue reading…“Collected Pieces – Part 1” by In The Branches out now on Bandcamp
I want to not only promote Bandcamp, but promote the attitude they portray in supporting artists. They take a smaller portion from artists than any other top company in the music biz. In fact, companies like Spotify and iTunes steal a much larger portion than their fair share. … Continue reading…What’s The Best Way To Buy Music Online?
I bit the bullet and signed up for YouTube Premium recently. I’m always a little bit conflicted about supporting YouTube, knowing how little they pay content creators in proportion to
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I will continue uploading full albums on YouTube until I either 1) Run out of material (yeah right!) or 2) Lose trust in YouTube. For now, let’s see how it goes. Don’t forget to subscribe! … Continue reading…In The Branches – Full Albums on YouTube
“Tomorrow” on vinyl + digital via Behind The Sky Music: https://bluetech.bandcamp.com/album/tomorrow-2xlp-vinyl-only-includes-download-card Tomorrow – 2xLP (Vinyl Only includes Download Card) by Steve Roach “Tomorrow” on CD + digital from Steve Roach:
Continue reading…Recommended Ambient: Steve Roach – Tomorrow
This is an album that took me about two years of weekend warrior-ing after I returned to my software engineering career in Portland. This project took over all of my
As a preview for the 2020 Quiet Sector album, Mining Moons To Build A Star, I’ve released a new song on Bandcamp and Soundcloud. It’s the final track on the
Continue reading…Quiet Sector – To Build A Star (Single) now on Soundcloud
“Hidden Elements” was inspired by winter in the Pacific Northwest, where things are unusually peaceful. This post is dedicated to that fall-themed album, originally released on Bandcamp on November 3,
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It’s no secret to those who know me, that I love weird underground music (evil black metal, Swedish dark ambient, Canadian tech-death, classical, and even some new age and *gasp*
Continue reading…From Robert Rich to SCÁTH NA DÉITHE: My Conflicted and Magical Bandcamp Collection
The Forever Kind by In The Branches Title track from In The Branches’ 2017 album of the same title, The Forever Kind. Hear the rest of this album/sound journey on
Planetary Confinement by In The Branches Planetary Confinement is a meditation on nature and a dedication to the wild birds of Oregon. A reminder of all our smaller cohabitants on
Continue reading…New Release: In The Branches “Planetary Confinement”
My new album, Planetary Confinement, is currently available only to my Bandcamp subscribers. I created a music video for the title track and published it to YouTube last night:
Portland, Oregon record label Ecstatic Dance Records recently invited me to contribute another song to one of their compilations. I chose a new recording from In The Branches called “Coming
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Currently free (Name Your Price) to download in recording-studio quality via Bandcamp. Landscape In Obscurity (20th anniversary edition) name-your-price by vidnaObmana I paid $5 for this one as soon as
Continue reading…Recommended #ambient: Vidna Obmana – Landscape In Obscurity
In 1996, two years before the first Shpongle (Simon Posford) album and quite a good year for music (I’m thinking of ambient and metal specifically)… Something important happened. I knew
Some time after I released this album on Bandcamp, it was posted on YouTube by the In The Woods channel (no relation to In The Branches, by the way!). I
Continue reading…“In The Branches” (Self-Titled) Album Released on All Major Music Platforms
Brock Van Wey, a.k.a. Bvdub, made quite an impression on me around 2013. I remember finding his album “Then” and realizing that it was a great album to sleep to.
Continue reading…Recommended Music: Earth House Hold – “Never Forget Us”
I’d like to thank Trinity Hot Springs in Paradise for giving me the opportunity to create the video below. It took many hours of work to create these couple of
Continue reading…The Milky Way, the Sawtooth Wilderness of Idaho, and Ambient Guitar Music