audio by year 2009

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The Internet has given us many lovely and useful things: paying bills in your underwear, networking and LOLcats. It has also fostered the development of new types of communication.

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Episode 1 of BDC 979's Bouncing Story by Bedfordshire University in Bedfordshire, UK.
A new episode will be posted each week.

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Last month we were lucky enough to have Toronto band Dinosaur Bones come in and record 4 live tracks for a radio show here at Ryerson.

"...they've got a sound that's fresh yet familiar, but not easily slottable into any particular genre or revival movement... combining Anglo romanticism with a distinctly North American (okay, New York) urbanity. Darkly sophisticated stuff."
- Chromewaves

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On July 2nd our multitrack recording studio here at Ryerson University was bumping when Toronto favourites Kelly and the Kellygirls came in and laid down 6 live tracks for us. You can stream the sample track below, or download the .zip of the entire session. This is definitely the best sounding SPIRITsession yet, check it out!

http://www.kellyclipperton.com/

4:42 minutes (10.92 MB)The music has finally arrived. Right-click the zip folder and "save as" to download the full, 7-track high-quality mp3 pack of the first Third Floor Session, featuring Kay Pettigrew. The track "Fires" is available to stream above to get a nice taste of what you're in for.

4:07 minutes (9.56 MB)The mp3s from DD/MM/YYYY's Third Floor Session are finally here and available to download for your listening pleasure. Right click the .zip file you'll find at the bottom of this post to download the complete, 10-track mp3 pack. The song, "Bronzage" available to stream and download from this post is just a little sample to give you a taste of how great the session was.

Check out some nice words written about us and DD/MM/YYYY's performance...

3:08 minutes (7.27 MB)The mp3s from Gravity Wave's Third Floor Session, recorded on November 25th 2009, are finally here and available as a free download for your listening pleasure. Right click the .zip file you'll find at the bottom of this post to download the complete, 8-track mp3 pack. The song, "Great One" available to stream at the top of this post is just a little sample to give you a taste of how delicious the mp3 pack is.

3:48 minutes (8.75 MB)The mp3s from Ohbijou's tremendous Third Floor Session, recorded on December 5th 2009, are finally here and available as a free download for your listening pleasure. Right click the .zip file you'll find at the bottom of this post to download the complete, 8-track mp3 pack. The song, "Black Ice" available to stream at the top of this post is just a little sample to give you a taste of how delicious the mp3 pack is.

3:05 minutes (7.18 MB)Mp3s from The Wooden Sky's incredible Third Floor Session, recorded on December 15th 2009, are finally here and available as a free download for your listening pleasure. Right click the .zip file you'll find at the bottom of this post to download the complete, 10-track mp3 pack. The song, "(Bit Part)" is available to stream at the top of this post is just a little sample to give you a taste of how delicious the mp3 pack is.

Photos of the session can be found here (courtesy of Ekaterina Pakhlavuni). You can watch their performance of "Angels" below. Check out the Third Floor Sessions YouTube channel for additional videos.