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Solid Free Music

are you part of the massive crowd of people who googled "legal free music" once and was extremely disappointed? are you a pirate trying to break free of your old ways but afraid of not having any good music leftover? are you just bored and looking for some new vibes? Check these out. No particular order, I left some space for extra albums I find in the future.
1Saint Pepsi
Hit Vibes


funk/vaporwave ~ minus the mindless, surreal feeling of vaporwave. super great stuff keatscollective.bandcamp.com/album/hit-vibes
2Architecture In Tokyo
Architecture In Tokyo


funk/vaporwave ~ basically Hit Vibes with more funk http://amdiscs.com/shop/architecture-in-tokyo-st/
3 LAVA PAL
SNCKPCK


acoustic/pop/electronic ~ extremely cheerful romantic music (not out until Tuesday but his whole discography is free) http://snckpck.com/music/
4FRIENDZONE
DX


electronic/instrumental hip-hop/vaporwave(?)/wavey-new-agey-idk-core ~ I can't get into this as much as everyone else seems to but it's pretty solid http://friendzone.bandcamp.com/album/dx
5Macintosh Plus
Floral Shoppe


vaporwave/elevator-core you already know about this beerontherug.bandcamp.com/album/floral-shoppe
6 Mundane
Faux-Trap-Nu-Disco


trap/nu-disco/vaporwave ~ pretty neat stuff, very quick listen
http://mundane1.bandcamp.com/album/faux-trap-nu-disco
7 Lemaitre
The Friendly Sound EP


electronic/pop ~ a++++ EP check it out. also check Relativity 1 and 2 (both free!) ignore Singularity it's lame. http://lemaitremusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-friendly-sound-ep
8 George And Jonathon III
George And Jonathon


chiptune ~ this always scratches my chip itch. also you should check out their website they link in the bandcamp, it's neat
http://georgeandjonathan.bandcamp.com/
9Uppermost
Control


house/plunderphonics/electro ~ having trouble finding the link, he seems to have gotten rid of it on his website. very solid album if you can find it. Also Polis used to be free as well. good luck
10 Austin Johnson
Hero EP


future/electronic/cloud/dreams ~ not sure what to call this genre-wise but it's kind of neat. Ryan Hemsworth if he did video game soundtracks and cheered up a little. link to dl in description.
https://soundcloud.com/austin-johnson/sets/hero-ep
11 Miao
Voyager


chiptune/future/plunderphonics ~ appealing little piece of upbeat music
http://drewvoyager.bandcamp.com/album/miao
12 OTNJ_B
_yi


plunderphonics/J-pop/jazz ~ very very underrated producer, great taste for samples, production, and development. http://mynameisyiannis.bandcamp.com/album/otnj-b
13Star Slinger
IV


house/r&b/pop ~ quick, fun pack of some slick house edits from four female pop/r&b stars http://starslingeruk.bandcamp.com/album/iv
14Ryan Hemsworth
RYANPACKv.1


cloud rap/j-pop ~ Future goes post rock and Lorde goes club in this amazing remix collection. I'm not some huge Hemsworth fan or anything but this is great. (if you like it, a lot of his older stuff is free on his bandcamp) http://www.thefader.com/2013/12/26/download-ryan-hemsworths-new-mix-ryanpackv-1
15 Astre
Shambala EP


electro/future/trap ~ minor chords and neat synths abound. click "free download"
https://soundcloud.com/astresound/astre-shambala
16 Casilofi
Sounds


post-rock/electronic ~ a pretty emotive piece of work. very Sigur Ros-esque. "Little Things In Life" and "Mr. Lofi" are great.
http://casilofi.bandcamp.com/album/sounds
17 Haywyre
Two Fold - Part 1


electronic/bass/jazz ~ think Koan Sound + FlyLo + Monstercat. not a big Monstercat fan but this is surprisingly solid.
http://haywyre.bandcamp.com/album/two-fold-pt-1
18Milo
I wish my brother Rob was here


nerdhop ~ middle class nerd rap with some amazing lyrics and nice production (think FlyLo, Shlohmo, Gold Panda on the beats.)
http://www.datpiff.com/Milo-I-wish-my-brother-Rob-was-here-mixtape.300142.html
19Four Tet
0181


folktronica ~ the sampling style/song structure of vaporwave but minus the dreariness that slow-mo elevator music entails. Honestly pretty amazing.
https://soundcloud.com/four-tet/0181-1
20 Chet Porter
With The Sun In My Eyes


progressive house ~ solid EP from a up-and-coming soundcloud producer. (each track has a dl button)
https://soundcloud.com/chetporter/sets/with-the-sun-in-my-eyes
21 Amherst
Yaper


funk/plunderphonics ~ probably the most fun thing in the list with "funk" in the genre which is saying something. very solid underrated producer. he has another free single, Melonade//True, which is definitely worth checking out as well.
http://amherstisgood.bandcamp.com/album/yaper
22Pogo
Wonderland


plunderphonics ~ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/65048/Pogo-Wonderland/
http://pogomix.bandcamp.com/album/wonderland
23 ODESZA
My Friends Never Die


chill/plunderphonics ~ ODESZA before they got quite as big as they are now used to be heavily sample-reliant. definitely listen to "Without You."
http://thissongissick.com/blog/2013/odesza-my-friends-never-die-ep/#sthash.JxEoR6TC.dpbs
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