Here’s three short-spoken download recommendations:

1. Dark Hall is a fusion jazz side project with metal bass virtuoso Steve DiGiorgio. There’s only five songs from a 1998 demo for download on their site but they all are awesome, and Steve’s bass work is really amazing.
2. Downliners Sekt just releases their second full-length album. Pretty dark, trip-hopish rock instrumentals that sometimes remind me of Russian Circles, pretty progressive, well produced, and worth a download.
3. Philip Wilkerson offers several downloads on his website, he calls it “spacious and contemplative soundscapes” which pretty much sums it up. I especially liked his piano improvisations.

Tata.