While going through my high school work, I rediscovered one of my favorite artists from the time – John Holowach.
Holowach was one of the first musicians I discovered (back in 2005) who believed in sharing his work for free online. He created his music from almost entirely samples, and licensed under creative commons. For a student filmmaker looking for dark ambient soundtracks, this was a goldmine.
I put some of his best work together into a two hour continuous mix. There are no vocals, till the later part of the mix, except for a few sparse samples. Perfect for reading, studying, or just day dreaming off into another world.
You’ll notice on that list, I’ve also included from tracks from his remix of Rob Dougan’s Furious Angels and from his band Tryad toward the end.
If you’d like to download the entire albums these are from, check out John Holowach’s work on the internet archive here and his band Tryad here.
Free albums by John Holowach:
Melodies of Fear (2004)
A Basement of Broken Dreams (2005)
Sickness in the World (2005)
Elements (2005)
Shape of an Impact (2006)
Earlier work is a bit darker, and later work is more hopeful. They are all good.
Free albums by Tryad:
John Holowach’s newest album Without Words is out on Amazon.