Ummagma

Ummagma

Description: Ummagma is a Canadian-Ukrainian duo comprised of Alexx Kretov and Shauna McLarnon. Ummagma’s musical style is vacillating and broadly influenced “easy positive music” with intense richly-layered landscapes of pulsating sound, a mixture of the ethereal with sublime resonance, beats and rhythm that effectively creates richly layered landscapes. While this music encompasses several genres of music (dream pop, progressive rock, post-rock, ambient/ethereal, shoegaze and post-punk), there is a common remarkable theme, elevating atmosphere and stirring effect in Ummagma’s music. 

For Alexx, making music began in childhood and recording began with a double-deck recorder in post-Soviet Ukraine. Shauna’s songwriting began with acapella tunes. Sasha is originally from Kremenets (western Ukraine) and Shauna is from Whitehorse, Yukon (Canada). This joint project began as a huge affair with love and sound in Moscow 2003. 


Comparisons have been made to such performers as the Cocteau Twins, Blonde Redhead, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, AIR, Sigur Ros, Stereolab, Michael Brook, Lush, Mercury Rev, Talk Talk, Snow Patrol, Ultravox, and Bowery Electric, but everyone will surely find something truly and exclusively UMMAGMA in this music…

In mid-July, Ummagma released two CD albums (“Ummagma” and “Antigravity”) and has issued several videos on YouTube. 

Links:

Last.fm | Bandcamp | Facebook

Both Ummagma albums can be downloaded for free with use of links below. These free downloads are agreed with band members, but also be sure to visit their Bandcamp page if you feel like showing a bit of support to the band!

Ummagma - Ummagma

Genre: Dream Pop/Indie Rock/Ethereal
Format: mp3 | CBR128kbps
Country: Ukraine/Canada
Size: 43 Mb

Tracklist:
01. BFD
02. Upsurd
03. The Road to Lees
04. Human Factor
05. Orion
06. Outside
07. Rotation
08. Risky
09. NIMBY
10. River Town
11. Talk to Her
12. J​.​S. Bach

Last.fm | Bandcamp | Download

Ummagma - Antigravity

Genre: Dream Pop/Indie Rock/Ethereal
Format: mp3 | CBR128kbps
Country: Ukraine/Canada
Size:  38 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Lama
02. Micro Macro
03. Back to You
04. Kiev

05. Live and Let Die

06. Colors

07. Photographer
08. Beautiful Moment
09. Autumnmania
10. Balkanofellini
11. Titry
12. 1​+​1​=​3

Last.fm | Bandcamp | Download

Astrocowboys - Girls with Preferences

Astrocowboys - Girls with Preferences

Genre: Shoegaze/New Wave

Format: mp3 | VBR (V0) 

Country: Russia

Size: 11 Mb

Tracklist: 

01. Girls with Preferences

02. Girls with Preferences (tchndrlvthn remix)

Description: a young new wave band from St. Petersburg, formed in 2010. Girls with Preferences is their recently released single, a preface to a full-length album, that might be finished in a half of a year. A single witnesses that guys have a very good perspective for the future with their classic hazy guitar sound and new wave touch. Worthy to give it a try and awaiting an album.

Last.fm | Soundcloud | Download