New website

acidmark — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:18:37 +0000

Alright. As much as I prefer the layout of WordPress, I can’t deal with the inability to embed the hipcast player on these pages, so Free Music Now is going to have to move to http://freedom-music-now.blogspot.com/. Check it out!

Link to recorded Vol. 1

acidmark — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:18:42 +0000

Thanks all for tuning in to the debut show and all the nice words or constructive criticism! Now, I was supposed to put up the recorded show for streaming here, but apparently wordpress doesn’t allow me to embed the player… so… click the link below to listen to the show ok? While I try to sort this out (I may have to change websites bleh)…

FMN001: Observing the Observatory

acidmark — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:32:26 +0000

*** Update: My wholehearted apologies to the Pond for usage of their Observatory image without prior permission sought, and many thanks for their understanding in allowing me continued usage.
** Update: Due to a sudden cancellation in GEYLANG HAPPY HOUR, FMN001 will air its pilot show on Sep 23!
* Update: The pilot show has been pushed back to Sep 30. Please tune in then!

Picture acknowledgement: The Pond

Free Music Now! Vol. 1: Observing the Observatory
Original broadcast: September 23, 2009 (Wed), 2230-0000h (GMT +8)

Presented by Mark Wong

Broadcast “live” from a cluttered bedroom on Balestier Road, Singapore, FMN! is an internet radio programme hosted on unpopular.radio. We pay special focus to music developments in Singapore and Southeast Asia.

“Free music” refers as much to the ideas of information flow and cultural dissemination as it does to musical forms which refuse to be shackled to genre orthodoxy. Inevitably, “Free Music NOW!” becomes clarion call for open ears and unfettered minds.

Vol. 1 features the music of The Observatory, a much lauded band from Singapore which has forged new musical pathways with every one of their releases – not to mention band members’ solo works and side projects. Besides showcasing the diverse musical footholds they tread, references will also be made to their diverse influences from prog-rock, pastoral folk, electro-acoustic improvisation, experimental electronica and jazz. FMN! pays tribute to a band that has been absolutely instrumental in widening sonic palettes in Singapore.

To tune in “live” to the show, please download any one of the following:
Link 1 | Link 2| Link 3
Then open the listen.pls file in your iTunes, Winamp or VLC media player during the broadcast time.

Live playlist:
(Reload this page during the “live” broadcast to see the playlist being generated!)

1. The Observatory – Ephemeron
2. Red House Painters – Grace Cathedral Park
3. Leslie Low – All Things New
4. Vashti Bunyan – Diamond Day
5. The Observatory – Blood Rising
6. Carla Bozulich – Prince of the World
7. Can – Future Days
8. Throb – Paraphunkernalia
9. Tortoise – Ten-day Interval (live)
10. The Observatory – Omicron
11. The Observatory – Deadheat
12. This Heat – Horizontal Hold
13. Shining – In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster
14. Burning Witch – Sacred Predictions
15. The Observatory – Decarn
16. The Observatory – The Last Grand Fallible Plan
17. Leslie Low – Prodigal Son (live)

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