January update: Fudge - Off The Wall

Another EP of crazy covers, from Canada's FUDGE. On this outing, Fudge takes on fellow Canuck Gino Vannelli, Angel Corpus Christi, and Kenni Woods.

Fudge also rocks up Nino Tempo & April Stevens super-long title "I've Been Carrying A Torch For You So Long That I've Burned A Great Big Hole In My Heart", and if that wasn't enough...a Shaggs cover that is incredibly different, but rendered with heart.

Click here to download!

January update: Monopole

Happy new year!

We've got the month off to a great start, with a debut release from a brand new member of the Happy Puppy family, Monopole (aka Richard Sudney). Monopole's music mixes analog and electronic instruments, with manipulated field recordings for some wonderful textures of sound. As always, it's available for free download!

December update: 2 new releases from Lee Rosevere

Just in time for the end of the year, two new releases from Lee Rosevere are available at two different netlabels. Devil's Tower is online at the infamous 20kbps label, and our good friends at WM Recordings have released PLAY 3, the obvious third in the series of experimental works by Lee. Go get 'em and Happy New Year!

December update: Cordelia Records comps now at CD Baby

Just like the header says...the two Cordelia compilations (Zappa tribute, Beyond the Sea) that Fudge is on are now available from CDBaby, complete with streaming samples! So now you can check out the CDs before you buy - just in time for Christmas!

December update: Lee Rosevere - Daigao

Lee makes his debut on the enough records netlabel, with an extremely long ambient piece, "Daigao".

Orchestral sounds move in and out so slowly and subtley, you're barely aware they're there. As with most of Lee's ambient work, you can leave it in the background and let it lull you to sleep, or study it to discover its deeper layers.

"Daigao" made it's public debut at the Contemporary Art Gallery in November 2007, and is being released for free download by enough records, run by Filipe in Portugal. Artwork by Pedro Sa.

Download whole album (91 mb)

Tracks:
1. Daigao (77:01)

November update: RADIESMAN!

Radiesman is one of the true infamous icons of the mp3.com generation of artists. He appeared on the website back in 2000, with no explanation or reason. His tortured love ballads, crooned with an ache that cannot be understated, were beyond description. And as soon as he appeared, he vanished.

Happy Puppy Records is proud to announce the re-release of Radiesman only-known recordings entitled "Best Friends On The Beach". Up until now, the only official release of his music appeared on "The Poop Alley Tapes" compilation, curated by the Poop Alley Studios owner, Tom Grimley.

Since that compilation has gone out of print, Radiesman music is extremely rare. Tom has graciously given Happy Puppy his consent to the re-releasing of this album, and we hope you enjoy listening to a little bit of internet history, brought to life again.

Available now for free download!

November update: Lee Rosevere - Emblem

Proc-records, run by c4 (Adam Crammond), has released a new album of ambient works by Lee. All titles were named after colours, in particular the kind of colours that Lee visualized while creating the music. The sequence was chosen by the artwork, which is in the same order of colours, starting with black at the top and going through a spectrum of primary colors, until black appears again at the end.

As Adam reviewed it: "While it is possible to just let this release play in the background, it demands full attention and shouldnt be treated as just another ambient soundtrack! The mellow textures of droning melodies complimenting one another as they dimminish and return seem to create a breathtaking collidescope of sound." Wow! Thanks Adam!

Click here to download the album (zip file with artwork, liners and 192 mp3s)