Japanese Gum - End Of Summer EP (2011)

Japanese Gum 

9.0

/Shoegazetronica, Dream pop, Chillwave, Glo-fi, Experimental indie, Lo-fi, Poptronica/

Comment: Japanese Gum is a duo (Paolo Tortora, Davide Cedolin) from Genova, Italy who had issued Lost In Weirdness (2009, Chew-Z), a remarkable remix album of their songs covered by Arbdesastr, Die Stadt Der Romantisch Punks, Eniac, Grausamerg Eisenberg, and such IDM eminence as Isan. On the current issue are up 3 songs which are heavily rhythm-soaked, hiss-drenched, and electronics-fringed in the middle of guitar and vocal relied dreams. However, there are up even gypsy motifs-samples to diorientate the listener. I shall have to confess that by listening to it in the first time I did not like it but after a while it is very ok with it at the moment.

Telafonica - Dos (2001)

Bandcamp

9.3

/Indietronica, Experimental indie, Breaks, Avant-folk, Post-psychedelic electronica, Digifunk, Crossover/

Comment: Telafonica is a combo from Sydney, Australia who have mixed up electronica and programmed beats with indie tunes approximately throughout a decade. There are 14 tracks mainly exorcized with heavy trip-hop, breakbeat, and (digi)funk vibes, though, sometimes running on more experimental shapes - for instance, Sunlight showcases itself through droning folk psychedelia which in turn is subjected to circulating algorithms (reminding a little bit of Simian, for instance). Or Radio Low which is built on abstract bass frequencies of didgeridoo backed up with changing cadences. One of the favourite of mine is 89 which is an instance of indie funk. Altogether, the album is filled in with well composed notches and the listener should be warned - it enlarges its load and quality with every following listening time.

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Al Jolson - Collected Works of Al Jolson (2005)

78 RPMs and Cylinder Recordings

10.0

/Music hall, Vaudeville, Jazz, Classic pop, Blues, Vintage sound/

Comment: there are Jolson`s collected works from the years of 1911-26. It is massive, 36 ditties in total. Al Jolson was the the pop star on its own in the beginning of 00s, approximately 100 years ago. The World`s Greatest Entertainer was said about him at his heyday. More detailly, jazz, blues, ragtime, vaudeville tinged songs are to pour out fun and delight, and even farcelike seeds from within the miscellany. In a word, it is a tremendous experience to listen to some of the notches being older than 100 years. A classic one by any means.

Wojciech Wszelaki - Out Of Space

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Last King Of Poland – Follow Lonely Roads (2012)

pan y rosas discos

8.9

/Electro-acoustic, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Noise, Acousmatics, Avant-electronica, Abstract, Non music, Sound art/

Comment: Last King Of Poland is Tomasz Jurczak who explores the realms of ragged electro/psycho-acoustics, ghastly noise in a pair of long-running progressions. More concretely, there are represented interesting vocal-based developments amplified with profound reverbs and the shapes of repetitive formations or hammering at metal and edged, noiseful electronic effects on the other side. Indeed, at times the parts of it are truly obsessive. However, the result seems to be bigger than the sum of its particles.

Malandrómeda - Os Estranos Sempre Traen Malas Novas (2006)

Malandròmeda

8.4

/Hip-hop, Rap, Urban music/

Comment: this is a set of 11 notches chanted in Galegian, a regional language in Spain. Mostly tough and straightforwardly hitting, though, including a loads of intriguing elements and finesses.