This music sampler is being put together by the group in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: [[2013/Canada/Kitchener/Kwartzlab]]

== "Booty Boy and Serious Girl" by Jet Peks ==

From the album "Funk Me,Whatta Groovy Trip!!!" .

Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Available from: http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/65458

Jet Peks is a Ukranian DJ who mashes up samples and danceable drumbeats. This tracks incorporates lots of different sounds, and flows together so well you won't notice.


== "Woodstock Blues" by the Bayou Trio ==

From the album "I Remember August"

Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Available from: http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/92184

Pretty much what it says on the tin. This track runs a little long for
my taste, but it is mellow and easy on the ears.


== "Perdue" by Overvince ==

From the album "Etincelle"

Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Available from: http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a51351/etincelle

This is classical folk guitar. I like it. I wish I knew more about
classical folk guitar to tell you more about its strengths.

== "The Absolute" by Anitek ==

Froom the album "Anitek Instrumentals, vol 1"

Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Available from: http://www.jamendo.com/album/64662/

This is another mashup track. I like the combination of saxophone melody
and drum track underlay. Anitek's schtick starts to wear over the
course of an entire album, but each track is pretty good individually.

== "That's a plenty" by the Adovabadan Jazz Band ==

From the album "Adovabadan Jazz Band..."

Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/it/

Available from: http://www.jamendo.comalbum/75233/

Italian ragtimey piano jazz. I love the energy of this piece. I almost
included "The Entertainer" on this sampler, but there are other
ragtimey jazz pieces that are not quite as cliched. This album
includes quite a few of them.



== "Hero of Light" by DEADBEATBLAST ==

Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Available from: 
http://archive.org/download/Best_of_8_Bit_Collective-2006-2011/Best_of_8_Bit_Collective-2006-2011.tar/Best_of_8_Bit_Collective_%288bc%29_%5B06-2006_to_06-2011%5D%2FDEADBEATBLAST%20-%20Hero%20Of%20Light.mp3

Chiptunes are this weird genre of music where artists constrain
themselves to producing music from old video game consoles (often
Nintendo Gameboys). The 8-bit collective site was a great repository of
chiptunes, all licenced under BY-NC-SA licences. Sadly, this site
went dead in 2011. But since the tracks were redistributable, many of
them were uploaded to archive.org:
http://archive.org/details/Best_of_8_Bit_Collective-2006-2011

Although not quite a pure chiptune, the voice samples on this track
add a lot to its flavour. This tune flows well, has a nice melody, and
is just about the right length.  As a bonus, DEADBEATBLAST is a local
artist who has organized chiptune-related events in the community.