Uwe Hermann | A slightly paranoid Debian developer

"Samurai Story" — an absolutely stunning, calm piece of electronic music mixed with japanese influences. Great work by Shockshadow.

If someone knows where I can find free (traditional) japanese music similar to this (preferably featuring a shamisen), please let me know! I've been searching for quite a long time, but I seem to be unable to find much Creative Commons licensed music like this...

Song: Shockshadow - Samurai Story (6:59 min, 6.5 MB)
License: CC-sampling-plus 1.0
Source: ccmixter.org

A chilled piano piece by John Holowach. Purely instrumental and very relaxed, I like it.

Song: John Holowach - My Piano Sings (Part 7) (3:20 min, 3.3 MB)
License: CC-by-sa 2.0
Source: archive.org

A very nice and relaxed piano-centered piece by John Holowach. He has released a lot of his albums for free (see narphonax.com), and I'm sure I'll have more songs from him here on the podcast...

Song: John Holowach - My Piano Sings (Part 2) (3:59 min, 5.1 MB)
License: CC-by-sa 2.0
Source: archive.org

A sweet melodic piece by Mombus with great percussions and a good rhythm...

(found via they did it)

Song: Mombus - Boublik (2:34 min, 4.6 MB)
License: CC-by-nc-nd 2.5
Source: archive.org

"Starguitar" — a very relaxed and chilled electronica track by the collective Starfrosch from Bern, Switzerland. This is IMHO the best song from their latest release "Da schau her".

Song: Starfrosch - Starguitar (4:35 min, 6.4 MB)
License: CC-by-nc-nd 2.5
Source: archive.org