So here this month's selection of 6 tracks, all legally and freely available for download from the amazing music site Epitonic. To download the song, click on the name of the song. The band name links to the Epitonic page about the band. The BPM on all these songs is close to 90, so that's perfect for a 180 SPM (Strides Per Minute) run since 90 is half of 180, and the beat feels pretty much the same to me, between 180 and 90.
La Belle Tocade by ME & LP 92 BPM
ME & LP are Matthew Embree (Rx Bandits, Love You Moon) and Lisa Papineau (Big Sir) I'm a big Big Sir fan. American. Indie Pop. I LOVE this track. If you missed the Big Sir track I recommended its The Kindest Hour with a BPM of 90.
Shooting Stars by Elysian Fields 91 BPM
From New York, this is lush and dreamy, has touches of down-tempo, jazz, pop. This sort of thing goes either way for me, it can come off as cheesy, or I buy it. Somehow here I buy it.
In Loco Parentis by The Better Automatic 89 BPM
American indie pop, with a bit of a hard edge. Good strong beat.
We've Had Enough by Alkaline Trio 88 BPM
Punk from Chicago. I really don't know what makes these guys 'punk' and the last guys 'pop'. I feel like punk used to be harder, well American punk to me usually sounds like pop. Again super beat.
Too Late To Topologize by Zammuto 94 BPM
Experimental electronic pop. This is a happy bubbly song. From New York.
Your Drums, Your Love by AlunaGeorge 90 BPM
British electronic female vocals. I like this because her voice reminds me of Martina Toply-Bird the singer on Tricky's first album. But if I'm honest this is just not as dark and twisty as Tricky, but I still like it enough. If you missed it she has another song on Epitonic You Know You Like It at 91 BPM that I've mentioned in a previous post.
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
6 Free Running Songs for October 2012 part 2
So here's a second set of free running songs. They are all legally and freely available for download from the amazing music site Epitonic. To download the song, click on the name of the song. The band name links to the Epitonic page about the band.
Anti Love Song by Betty Davis 93 BPM
Super old, funk, American. I should hate it, but don't.
You Gotta Know by Little Emily Warfield 94 BPM
Indie Americana Folk Rock.
I Am Always The One Who Calls by Pedro the Lion 92 BPM
Seattle's Pedro The Lion give us this adorable little indie rock emo track.
Rano Pano by Mogwai 93 BPM
Instrumental guitar noise from Glaswegian's Mogwai. The beat is not too strong, but won't get in the way.
I'm Not Invisible by Rocket From The Crypt 88 BPM
Pop punk rock from San Diego. Easy to run to.
We Were Sparkling by My Brightest Diamond 94 BPM
Sounds slow, but the BPM of 94 means it's actaully a bit fast for running. I had a My Brightest Diamond thing for a while, but after a few too many listens they started sounding a bit pretentious. Regardless this is a lovely song, probably my favourite of theirs. They are from New York.
Anti Love Song by Betty Davis 93 BPM
Super old, funk, American. I should hate it, but don't.
You Gotta Know by Little Emily Warfield 94 BPM
Indie Americana Folk Rock.
I Am Always The One Who Calls by Pedro the Lion 92 BPM
Seattle's Pedro The Lion give us this adorable little indie rock emo track.
Rano Pano by Mogwai 93 BPM
Instrumental guitar noise from Glaswegian's Mogwai. The beat is not too strong, but won't get in the way.
I'm Not Invisible by Rocket From The Crypt 88 BPM
Pop punk rock from San Diego. Easy to run to.
We Were Sparkling by My Brightest Diamond 94 BPM
Sounds slow, but the BPM of 94 means it's actaully a bit fast for running. I had a My Brightest Diamond thing for a while, but after a few too many listens they started sounding a bit pretentious. Regardless this is a lovely song, probably my favourite of theirs. They are from New York.
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Free Running Songs for October 2012 part 1
I've really reduced the amount of posts in the last few months. Part of it is just that I've been really busy, and also that my attention has sort of been else where. I've been massively geeking out over at Coursera. Anyway my Free Running Songs posts have gotten a lot more hits that the single video song posts. So unless I find a real gem, I'll just be sticking to the free download stuff, well at least for now. Oh and another post that has gotten a lot of hits, and that I think is worth a look at is Take Control of the BPM, in which I explain how to tweak the BPM of songs you already love, so if you missed that you might want to go have a look.
OK so this time these free tracks are available at last.fm. I'll try to do an Epitonic post too before the end of the month.
Freiheit by Tonic 94 BPM
German, hip-hop. unfortunately the last.fm page for Tonic is of another band that isn't this Tonic. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the lyrics to this. In fact I just love it. Its a fucking anthem to run to, to live to. Here's some bits of the lyrics I was able to pick up.
"es ist nie mals zu spat zu sein wenn du anfangst zu werden
Wege tragen Scherben damit du betriebst zu lernen
zu ehrer und begehren was dein Leben fuer ein Geschenk ist
...
jede deine schritte ist begleitet durch Freiheit
spreng die Ketten die Zeile und Leichtheit
ateme tief durch man dein Leben muss Frei bleiben"
which translates to something like this
"it is never to late to become, the path has shards so that you can learn to honor what a gift your life is ... every step in guided by freedom, cut the chains, the ropes and the easiness, breath deep man, your life must stay free".
You know I really like the sound of hip-hop but so usually is is barely masked 'my dick is bigger than yours' bullshit. German hip-hop is often much, much better than that. On last.fm there are several other runnable tracks from Tonic; Intro feat. Dj Corin (89 BPM), Monoton (93 BPM), Letzten Tag (89 BPM), Deine Entschiedung (90 BPM) and Wahrnehmung feat. Es-say (91 BPM) so go get your fill.
Séance on a Wet Afternoon by Girls Names 89 BPM
From Belfast. Indie noisy pop.
Erasers by Sequence Theory Project 90 BPM
Not too sure where these guys are from. Slow sad trip-hop.
Flower Song by Jermook 95 BPM
Jermook are Russian, but it sounds like she's singing in an Asian language to me. Trip-hop but way more up beat than the last one.
Poor Droidcat by Psilodump 92 BPM
8-bit / chiptune from Sweden. This track is AMAZING! It is so good it makes my head hurt to listen to it.
Jag Mötte Henne I Fredags by Bossfight 91 BPM
Also 8-bit but with some female vocals from fellow Swedes Bossfight.
OK so this time these free tracks are available at last.fm. I'll try to do an Epitonic post too before the end of the month.
Freiheit by Tonic 94 BPM
German, hip-hop. unfortunately the last.fm page for Tonic is of another band that isn't this Tonic. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the lyrics to this. In fact I just love it. Its a fucking anthem to run to, to live to. Here's some bits of the lyrics I was able to pick up.
"es ist nie mals zu spat zu sein wenn du anfangst zu werden
Wege tragen Scherben damit du betriebst zu lernen
zu ehrer und begehren was dein Leben fuer ein Geschenk ist
...
jede deine schritte ist begleitet durch Freiheit
spreng die Ketten die Zeile und Leichtheit
ateme tief durch man dein Leben muss Frei bleiben"
which translates to something like this
"it is never to late to become, the path has shards so that you can learn to honor what a gift your life is ... every step in guided by freedom, cut the chains, the ropes and the easiness, breath deep man, your life must stay free".
You know I really like the sound of hip-hop but so usually is is barely masked 'my dick is bigger than yours' bullshit. German hip-hop is often much, much better than that. On last.fm there are several other runnable tracks from Tonic; Intro feat. Dj Corin (89 BPM), Monoton (93 BPM), Letzten Tag (89 BPM), Deine Entschiedung (90 BPM) and Wahrnehmung feat. Es-say (91 BPM) so go get your fill.
Séance on a Wet Afternoon by Girls Names 89 BPM
From Belfast. Indie noisy pop.
Erasers by Sequence Theory Project 90 BPM
Not too sure where these guys are from. Slow sad trip-hop.
Flower Song by Jermook 95 BPM
Jermook are Russian, but it sounds like she's singing in an Asian language to me. Trip-hop but way more up beat than the last one.
Poor Droidcat by Psilodump 92 BPM
8-bit / chiptune from Sweden. This track is AMAZING! It is so good it makes my head hurt to listen to it.
Jag Mötte Henne I Fredags by Bossfight 91 BPM
Also 8-bit but with some female vocals from fellow Swedes Bossfight.
Monday, 24 September 2012
6 Free Running Songs for September 2012
Before September ends I better give you the heads up on some freely downloadable running music from Epitonic. To download the song, click on the name of the song. The band name links to the Epitonic page about the band. They all are close to 90 BPM so work for a 180 SPM (strides per minute) run. Just in case this isn't obvious why, 90x2=180 and honestly I can't really even tell the difference, between a song MixMeister classifies as 90 or 180.
No Rain (Pumpkin Remix) by Blind Melon 90 BPM
No Rain was a big hit in the 90s, but this remix gives it new life, and its old enough that I am no longer annoyed by its hit status. Blind Melon are, well were, big indie rockers from LA.
Who (with David Byrne) by St. Vincent 90 BPM
Annie Clark is a super hottie (well at least according to her photo on the Epitonic band page) from Texas. Indie pop.
3 Away by Pretty Girls Make Graves 88 BPM
From Seattle, sort of hardish indie pop. Either named after the song from the Smiths or from a line from Dharma Bums by Kerouac. I'm hoping for the latter. They are classified as punk, but they are way too pop, especially the vocals, to count as punk for me.
Righteous Black by Gauntlet Hair 90 BPM
These guys are from Colorado. Indie rock. This is pretty crunchy, powerful. If you like running to stuff with a bit of an edge this track is for you.
Parentheses by The Antlers 90 BPM
This sounds like Bronski Beat, at least the voice. If you haven't listened to Bronski Beat since the 80s go and listen to them again. Smalltown Boy sounds like it just came out. Well The Antlers have that dreaming aching feeling too, but with a more rock guitar sound. They are from Brooklyn.
Cheenese by Pompeya 92 BPM
Pompeya are from Russia, but sound really tropical. Its there second song I am recommending. This track is super well constructed, smooth, easy to move too.
No Rain (Pumpkin Remix) by Blind Melon 90 BPM
No Rain was a big hit in the 90s, but this remix gives it new life, and its old enough that I am no longer annoyed by its hit status. Blind Melon are, well were, big indie rockers from LA.
Who (with David Byrne) by St. Vincent 90 BPM
Annie Clark is a super hottie (well at least according to her photo on the Epitonic band page) from Texas. Indie pop.
3 Away by Pretty Girls Make Graves 88 BPM
From Seattle, sort of hardish indie pop. Either named after the song from the Smiths or from a line from Dharma Bums by Kerouac. I'm hoping for the latter. They are classified as punk, but they are way too pop, especially the vocals, to count as punk for me.
Righteous Black by Gauntlet Hair 90 BPM
These guys are from Colorado. Indie rock. This is pretty crunchy, powerful. If you like running to stuff with a bit of an edge this track is for you.
Parentheses by The Antlers 90 BPM
This sounds like Bronski Beat, at least the voice. If you haven't listened to Bronski Beat since the 80s go and listen to them again. Smalltown Boy sounds like it just came out. Well The Antlers have that dreaming aching feeling too, but with a more rock guitar sound. They are from Brooklyn.
Cheenese by Pompeya 92 BPM
Pompeya are from Russia, but sound really tropical. Its there second song I am recommending. This track is super well constructed, smooth, easy to move too.
Friday, 14 September 2012
I think we should run
Here's a sweet, dark, little pop folk song for you from Daughter. Daughter is Elena Tonra who is from North London. The song is called Run. I'm getting the BPM at just exactly 90. The first video is her singing, she's so adorable. Its not the whole song though, so there is a second video with the whole song.
Friday, 24 August 2012
6 Free Running Songs for August 2012
Its that time again, time for some freely downloadable running music from Epitonic.To download the song, click on the name of the song. The band name links to the Epitonic page about the band. They all are close to 90 BPM so work for a 180 SPM (strides per minute) run. Just in case this isn't obvious why, 90x2=180 and honestly I can't really even tell the difference, between a song MixMeister classifies as 90 or 180.
Cry for Judas by The Mountain Goats 91 BPM
Clever indie folk rock, melodic and I don't know what's the word for the opposite of annoying? The Mountain Goats are that. They are also are American.
90 by Pompeya 90 BPM
Summery indie pop from these Moscowites! I didn't know it gets this hot in Moscow. Very fluid pretty pop. Plus the name of the song just has to be a reference to the BPM, no? Anything that takes BPM seriously like this is worth a listen.
Dear Believer (Timmy The Terror Remix) by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 92 BPM
Indie folk from Los Angeles. I like the lyrics "reaching for heaven", well isn't that what running is all about?
Afternoons by Papier Tigre 92 BPM
Frenchies, Epitonic describe them as danceable despite their brooding, mathy aggression. I like this sound a lot. This is my favourite song on this list.
Séance On A Wet Afternoon by Girls Names 89 BPM
These guys are from Northern Ireland, which to me makes more sense to call Irish than British. They are noisy pop.
Pure Imagination (Epitonic saki Sessions) by Faux Fix 179 BPM
This is a cover of the song from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I love that song, so this cover just totally gets me. I don't like covers that sound like the originals, what's the point, but they have taken the basic melody and text and done something really different. American.
Not enough free running music for you? Click on the free download label below and see all my posts with free music.
Cry for Judas by The Mountain Goats 91 BPM
Clever indie folk rock, melodic and I don't know what's the word for the opposite of annoying? The Mountain Goats are that. They are also are American.
90 by Pompeya 90 BPM
Summery indie pop from these Moscowites! I didn't know it gets this hot in Moscow. Very fluid pretty pop. Plus the name of the song just has to be a reference to the BPM, no? Anything that takes BPM seriously like this is worth a listen.
Dear Believer (Timmy The Terror Remix) by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 92 BPM
Indie folk from Los Angeles. I like the lyrics "reaching for heaven", well isn't that what running is all about?
Afternoons by Papier Tigre 92 BPM
Frenchies, Epitonic describe them as danceable despite their brooding, mathy aggression. I like this sound a lot. This is my favourite song on this list.
Séance On A Wet Afternoon by Girls Names 89 BPM
These guys are from Northern Ireland, which to me makes more sense to call Irish than British. They are noisy pop.
Pure Imagination (Epitonic saki Sessions) by Faux Fix 179 BPM
This is a cover of the song from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I love that song, so this cover just totally gets me. I don't like covers that sound like the originals, what's the point, but they have taken the basic melody and text and done something really different. American.
Not enough free running music for you? Click on the free download label below and see all my posts with free music.
Friday, 17 August 2012
Sweet
I've fallen down the 8-bit rabbit hole. It all started with my post on Uoki-Toki and now several days later I have listened to nothing else. First off I just love the sound, second the bands are from all over the place. Uoki-Toki are Russian, today's suggestion, Sulumi, is Chinese. But anther big reason is that tons of this shit is around 90 BPM. Rap music is also very often at 90, but I just don't usually like it, its too self-referential and well stupid, so I am so happy to find an amazing electronic genre that seems to consistently clock in at 90 BPM or there about. I can't find this track, Sweetly, on YouTube. Its available at Amazon US, UK, FR, DE, JP or follow the link below for a 30 second sample on last.fm. I'm getting the BPM at 92 using the Tap for BPM tool (so works for a 180 Steps Per Minute run).
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