[qd-4245] Acid42 : Nykto: Original Soundtrack

(qd-4245) Acid42 - Nykto - Original Soundtrack

[QD-4245] Acid42 : Nykto: Original Soundtrack

Nykto by Acid42, is a series of tunes which comprise the original soundtrack to the 12-minute independent short video of the same title, directed by Elvert dela Cruz Bañares, which in turn, was loosely based on a poem entitled “Darkness” by Arris Rivera. The music is a mix of ethnic and electronic, world and urban, dark and light melodies, silence and rhythm, meandering into hope and fulfillment, as eventually all darkness must pass.

The music was created by Acid42 (Lionel Valdellon) without having seen or known anything about the film except for a brief conceptual phrase: darkness to light. The album also includes remixes by Bleedingboy|Soundtrack and Emorej, two more Philippine electronica producers and regular QED Records contributors.

FILE UNDER: worldbeat, soundtrack, electronica, ethnotronica, less morose than Morricone, world-y like Peter Gabriel, more alive than Dead Can Dance.
DETAILS: 7 mp3s, encoded at CBR and VBR (192 kbps quality), 44.1 khz stereo. | Released: July 5, 2007.
DOWNLOAD: Entire EP as a ZIP FILE (24.3 MB)– from Archive.org
Individual tracks after the jump.

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[qd-4235] Acid42 : Madlangkanta

[QD-4235] : ACID42 : Madlangkanta (EP)

Five tunes by Acid42 [Lionel Valdellon] which combine ethnic instrument samples and tribal folksong from the Philippines, with modern beats and electronic arrangements. Think ethnic electronica, or ethnotronica. “Madlangkanta” literally means “song of the masses” in Filipino, referring to the folksong origin of some of the melodies and song structures used in this album.
Album design by Paolo Lazatin. Contact him at paololazatin[at]gmail.com

FILE UNDER: ethnotronica, world, worldbeat, electro, ethnic, modern ethnic, folktronica
DETAILS: 5 MP3s, encoded at: 192 kbps. 44.1kHz stereo | Released: Sep 26, 2006
DOWNLOAD: Get the entire EP as a ZIP FILE (23.9 MB) – Archive.org | Individual tracks after the jump
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[qd-4230] YU:MI + Acid42 : Kodomo

(qd-4230) YuMi + Acid42 – Kodomo

[QD-4230] : YU:MI + ACID42 : Kodomo (EP)

Think of bouncing balls, building blocks, and nursery rhymes, and what you get is KODOMO (which in Japanese means “child”) — a collection of 4 traditional Japanese children’s songs, given a funky new synthpop and ethnotronica spin by Japanese-Filipino vocalist YU:MI Calderon and musician Acid42 (Lionel Valdellon). The bonus 5th song “Everybody Lies”, however, is a synthpop song tackling the darker side of relationships and is written by the collaborating duo.

FILE UNDER: world, ethnic, ethnotronica, electronica, synthpop, electropop, folktronica, Japanese folk songs, kiddiesynthpop, J-Folk, more playful than Rainbow Brite and He-Man.
DETAILS: 5 MP3s at 192 kbps, stereo
DOWNLOAD: Get the entire EP as a ZIP FILE (27.1 MB) – from Archive.org

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Full lyrics and english translation + individual file downloads after the jump.