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2/04/2011

Minisystem Live Above Ground (Basic_sounds)


This set of 4 notches reveals the sublime disposition of shuffling beats and warm fronts of melodic progressions around it, more exactly, setting the tone on the bubbling and tinny synth cadences/electro-inflected synth pop, IDM-esque wraiths, propulsive pop techno paces sometimes reminding of the workouts of Solvent. Similarly to Jason Amm, Jeff Lee aka Minisystem hails from Toronto, using an array of vintage keyboards and drum machines. Indeed, one of the biggest virtues of Live Above Ground is its lush analogue sound, which is used not to be common among the electronic music producers nowadays. Indeed, though I hint at Solvent above, Jeff Lee samples once Mira Calix (Goldenrod) and his sound can be placed between new and old, reminiscent of 70`s electro pop/synth music and its effects of outgrowing and departure from the full-electronic krautrock movement as well. Altogether, love it in the way as it loves you.

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9.1

[Artists] Triggern0metr1c

Bandcamp
Myspace

2/03/2011

Voyageurs Alien Iverson (FMA/Bandcamp)


Fayetteville-based project Voyageurs released the third issue, continuing their uncompromising proceeding within psychedelic-loaded space rock and fluttering drone rock/stonergaze/psych-rock conception on it. No doubt, I have no certain idea why the title of this 5-track release does have an indication to the former NBA basketball star and problematic boy Allen Iverson who is playing in Turkey at the moment. Obviously it is related to a word game only. Or might there be an entrace for a kind of alien rock in some way as well? If to consider the set is used to hint at strongly moaning vocal manners while being full of burnt-out emotions and making out in-nervate motorik undercurrents through the interplay between spaced-out guitars, castanet shakings, murky cadence piles and hypnotic circle-moulded gears at times, indeed, it does have a strong appeal upon it. Especially impressive combination of those elements is the ending track Sleeping Outdoors. If you have been into the music by the likes of Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, anyway, this small bunch of songs could exactly be thought for you in the first place.

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9.0

[Artists] Mohave Triangles

Mohave Triangles/Bandcamp
Digitalis Limited Editions
Myspace
Lastfm

[Old but important] Retrigger Jeanie & Caroline Album (Psicotropicodelia)


This album of 15 tracks sounds as a maelstrom of styles and sounds, veering from electro-rock, psychedelia, samplecore and fusion to creepy chiptune/8-bit shreds, joyous brass music and library music/space age pop samples. Indeed, it might be seemed as a kind of weird compilation compiled by diverse artists from here and there. Yet, Jeanie & Caroline Album is a brainchild by the one and only musician Raul Costa from Brazil who firstly released it under the title Jeanie & Caroline at Ego Twister in 2007. Now it is empowered by three more tracks including the huge LIVE at neverland (MixSetBonus). More concretely, on this publication Costa is intended to convey heavy guitar riffs, bubblegum-pumped big-beat paces, sublime doo wop, trashing surf pop, caustic synth glimpses and catchy brass fields, sometimes reminding of the Saint Petersbourg`s combo Messer Chups by its slightly mocking manner regarding the attitude against pop cliches or the French combo Juanitos by its stabbing blend of psychedelia, surf pop and brass attacks. On the other side, paying a tribute to the early electro pop experiments by The Silver Apples as well. Sometimes the tracks glide into the easiness of chillout pop, exploiting in half-transparent way some well-known pop motives (for example, Edward Grieg`s Peer Gynt). Indeed, the whole is a bulimic attack yet it is a sort of refreshing sonic binge first of all.

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2/01/2011

Wings Of Icaro Andirubio (Jamendo)


Wings of Icaro is a project from Priego do Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain, more concretely, a project of José Rodríguez who is also known from another project Other Track. All the action began in the late of 90`s while Rodríguez was studying physics in an university, so it was his way to balance himself through expressing concepts, ideas or occurrences which were distorted inside him in the meantime. The spaniard`s first issue called Imbalance (2008, Jamendo) contained the section of tracks from the first half of the 00`s, being stilistically poised between soothing downtempo, chillout, and IDM-esque beats.

The follow-up Andirubio is much shorter, being represented with 5 tracks (within 23 minutes) only, yet, noting the change upon new frontiers and influence realms. However, the soundscape is more richer and sophisticated, which is partly set off by lots of collaboration acts by other musicians for sure. By supplied with vast amount of air, indeed, let`s enter and make acquaintance with subtle folktronic fingerpickings and arpeggios, soulful commitment of female vocal affections, trip-hop grooves and turns (often reminiscent of Portishead). At times the beats will be evolved into a more idiosyncratic approach, for example at Hazardous Waste, which is made out by the interplay between sublimely dark-hued flutes and massive rhythm shuffles turned out as an example of neofolk-ish shivering. Or the last track Wild Guess which at its noir-ish outlook seems to obviously be influenced by the Bond theme and the aforementioned Bristol-based trio again. And not only by them. In a nutshell, a really impressive accompaniment indeed.

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9.5