Summer Rain Recordings

Release Date: 24th January 2010
Catalog Number: SRR-073
Jeune Fille de Lune EP combines Zirio’s french electronica expressions with musical interpretations of his work from other electronic artist in the form of remixes from The Blonde Ninja, and Gery Montet. The EP also contains an additional track, Seule dans ses étoiles, which gives us a brief insight [...]

Release Date: November 19th 2009
Catalog Number: SRR-069
Every now and then you come across an artist who’s music gently grabs your attention and makes you listen intently, drawing you in with intricate twists and timbres, that slowly unfold and unravel into a masterpiece. Whatever You Hear is Simplified to Life is one of those examples, a [...]

Release Date: November 19th 2009
Catalog Number: SRR-070
The second release from He Waits by the Tree builds on the beauty of his first, combining lush, intricate layers and textures, that culminate to create a magical and elaborate auditory world to explore.

Release Date: November 19th 2009
Catalog Number: SRR-066
5% of all sales are donated to NextAid
Guitarplayerkeypunchermouseclickerfaderslidercoffeeconsumer is how Griff describes himself, but if that doesn’t give you a clue to his musical style, then imagine Quantic and Bonobo having a musical child, this is probably how it would sound. Fresh, organic, lightly jazzy grooves that provide a [...]

Release Date: November 19th 2009
Catalog Number: SRR-067
5% of all sales are donated to NextAid
Dulceflur’s debut release with Summer Rain is a collection of soft, soothing, cinematic textures, and soundscapes that both calm and inspire. This EP leaves us looking forward to delivering more of Dulceflur’s soundscapes and exploring more of his auditory world that Charcoal [...]

Release Date: November 19th 2009
Catalog Number: SRR-068
5% of all sales are donated to NextAid.
We were all pretty excited at Summer Rain when Proof of Concept delivered his new EP to us, not only does it contain fresh content in his familiar style that we have come to expect from him, it also contains a host [...]

Release Date: November 19th 2009
Catalog Number: SRR-071
5% of all ales are donated to NextAid.
Glitched out, raw trip hop/hip hop is the theme of HipGnosis’ first release with Summer Rain. If you like your beats broken, mashed, and served with crate dug melodies, then this EP will fit right in to your collection.

Summer Rain recently got together with the monome community (monome.org) to help release a compilation album containing 27 tracks, with a pay what you want price, with all sales being donated to MSF.org to assist in aid to Haiti.
You can download the album by clicking the flier below.

The HAITI2010 album by the monome Community [...]

To celebrate our 2nd birthday we have 6 great new releases….
Proof of Concept – It Was a Train EP
Click the Pic to listen

We were all pretty excited at Summer Rain when Proof of Concept delivered his new EP to us, not only does it contain fresh content in his familiar style that we have come [...]

Auditory Canvas will be performing a live set on Saturday night at the Burning Man Festival this year.
you can see the details and line up here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114419873482&ref=mf
or here: http://earplugsarethenewcondoms.wordpress.com

An interview we did for Connexion Bizarre recently about Summer Rain Recordings got published today.
You can read it, and find other great music and news here: http://tinyurl.com/nmdgd2
Thanks to all at Connexion Bizzare for their time and support.

We have 8 great new releases today at Summer Rain. Click the pics to preview the EP:
Homesic – Restless Heart Syndrome EP

Homesic’s first EP on Summer Rain brings you 5 tracks that can’t help but put you in a good mood. Their sound is probably best described as Japanese TV show music meets Aphex Twin.
10% [...]

Our good friend Plum has an album coming out soon. While it’s not with Summer Rain, we’d still like to support her with her debut album.
You can find more info in the album here: http://www.benbecula.com/release/plum/different_skin.shtml

The good people over at all4mp4 have just added 14 free mp3HD tracks from Summer Rain to their mp3 HD feature page for you to download.
These tracks are in HD format, so the sound quality is pretty impressive compared to standard mp3, and they also provide a free plugin for winamp to enable you to [...]

Many thanks to Nick at Emancipation for the continued support, he has been including some of our catalog in his regular podcasts.
You can tune in and listen at: http://emancipation.mypodcast.com/
REVIEW BULLETIN ON ORIGINAL, WORLD, JAZZ, ELECTRONICA, SOUL AND DANCE MUSIC!
A regular review of the underground, eclectic dance music scene; incoporating jazz, latin, electronica, funk, soul and [...]

Many thanks to Solipsistic Nation, they have been kind enough to feature us on their podcast this month with a label feature and interview from David, founder of Summer Rain Recordings.
You can hear the podcast which features music from the label and the interview from David at: http://solipsisticnation.com/?p=262
You can also hear lots of great music [...]

We wanted to say a massive thank you to the guys over at The Buzzoutroom for their support. They recently added our catalog to their playlist, making it another grrat place to hear our releases on the internet airwaves.
If you haven’t checked them out already then we urge you to do so, they play some [...]

Auditory Canvas has given away more free tracks recently, links below, here’s what he had to say:
“Continuing with my hard drive clearout giveaway, here are 3 more free tracks, along with another two I gave away early last year in case you missed them.
All tracks are pretty different to my more recent stuff, with some [...]

We have 7 great new releases today. Click the cover art to listen and buy at our online store or find them at most online retailers:
Elysian Piers – One Years Sleep EP

Elysian Piers’ debut EP with Summer Rain is a collection of beautiful, haunting melodies and soundscapes that tease and inspire the mind. This EP [...]

We have been following Artists House Music (@artistshouse) on twitter for the last few weeks, and we have to say it’s been worth doing so, as they provide an excellent source of music industry news, info, and tips. So if you are involved or interested in any aspect of the music industry then it’s a [...]

Here’s a video from Elysian Piers for the track ‘Music Box’.
The EP will be released on the 10th of March. Video releases will follow soon.

The joys of twitter, we have only been on there a day and it is already proving to be great place to network.
We saw earlier today via twitter that Making Music Magazine, who we had already joined on Twitter, were offering their 1600th subscriber a years free subscription to their wonderful magazine, so we retweeted [...]

The cool people over at rcrdlbl.com provide a huge resource of excellent music and news which we think is awesome.

The guys over at Fluid Radio have been giving us a fair bit of support lately, so we wanted to say a big thanks.
You can browse their various pages over at http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/
and also have a nosey at their blog here: http://fluidblog.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/summer-rain-recordings/

Auditory Canvas has decided to give a few tracks away, here’s a note from him:
“I recently did some housekeeping on the folders on my Mac in an attempt to get organised, and found a bunch of older tracks that were never released, rather than put them on an EP and sell them, I thought I’d [...]

The good people over at all4mp4 have just added 14 free mp3HD tracks from Summer Rain to their mp3 HD feature page for you to download.
These tracks are in HD format, so the sound quality is pretty impressive compared to standard mp3, and they also provide a free plugin for winamp to enable you to [...]

Many thanks to Solipsistic Nation, they have been kind enough to feature us on their podcast this month with a label feature and interview from David, founder of Summer Rain Recordings.
You can hear the podcast which features music from the label and the interview from David at: http://solipsisticnation.com/?p=262
You can also hear lots of great music [...]

Huge thanks to the awesome people over at headphonecommute.com for posting another great review of one of our releases.
This time it’s a review of Spleen’s last EP ‘Where We All Fit In’.
You can read the review here, as well as catch up on other reviews of some good quality music: http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/03/01/spleen-where-we-all-fit-in-summer-rain-recordings/
Thank you to Headphonecommute for [...]

The guys over at Fluid Radio have been giving us a fair bit of support lately, so we wanted to say a big thanks.
You can browse their various pages over at http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/
and also have a nosey at their blog here: http://fluidblog.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/summer-rain-recordings/

The folks over at Noise Pop have been cool enough to Feature Caitlyn Hessell after liking what they heard from her on ourstage.com.
You can check out the feature and lots more cool news and articles at:
http://noisepop.com/artists/index/profile/id/674/Caitlyn-Hessell-

A huge thank you to Josh over at Shouting Fire/Megacosmic Transmissions for doing a great interview and feature on Summer Rain Recordings.
You can download and listen to the 2 part podcast which includes an interview with David (Auditory Canvas), founder of Summer Rain Recordings, as well as several great tracks from the label here:
http://megacosmic.com/2008/09/16/megacosmic-transmissions-vol-11-playlist.aspx
You can [...]

Proof of Concept’s last EP, View From Above, was reviewed a while back on The Silent Ballet, and it seems like the EP left a lasting impression on the reviewer.
Here’s an excerpt:
“The last two tracks are the real kickers on the album. They are even more fast paced and get the listener hooked. If you [...]

Caitlyn Hessell, who released Always There with us earlier this year just found out that she is doing really well in an online competition with the track Always There.
Entering the competition very late, and not having done any promotion, she was quite shocked to find she was at number 3 out of 376 entries, and [...]

The Distracted Globe has recently posted an article on Doll Imago and her new EP….
Here’s an excerpt from the article:
“One of the good friends of The Distracted Globe is a pretty great musician who goes by the handle Doll Imago. In her other life, she has also been a huge help at the theatre, [...]

Seems Like Caitlyn is making a name for herself in Boston…The Daily Free Press at Boston University wrote an article on her and her work.
Here’s an excerpt from the article:
“Although her sound is currently acoustic and soulful a la Norah Jones, she wants to move away from that genre, possibly to collaborate with different types [...]

The wonder that is Caitlyn Hessell was recently interviewed on WERS radio in Boston, which has also been published on their website.
here’s an excerpt from the interview:
While many musicians wait years before having their songs merited with remixes by other artists, acoustic singer-songwriter Caitlyn Hessell claimed this distinction with her debut album. The [...]

If you would like to write a review on any of our releases, then please get in touch, or just send us an already written review and we’ll publish it. We can publish it under your name and provide a link to your own website or blog too.