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8/19/2014

Damaged Tapes – Entoptic Visions (2013)



  • Alternative pop
  • Electro pop
  • Seapunk
  • Electronic pop
  • Synth pop
  • Chilltronica

Comment:  Matt Comegy`s 8-track output is basically inspired by the wild mountains of Japan where he had been residing in 2006 and 2007. Formally, his music is electronic and pop-influenced obviously getting inspiration from the 80s TV serial soundtracks and a bit warped, sultry new wave and New Age music. Indeed, behind those clear-cut and apparently soothing synth lines (ok, there are presented some dreamy guitar patterns too). The listener can detect for some disquieted seeds and boisterous spots thereby having an intersection point with the representatives of the so-called seapunk either. The album can be compared with the likes of Ducktails, and x.y.r, for instance.  

Stoned On Gold – Get-Got Hot-Head (2009)



  • Experimentalism
  • Drone
  • Improvised music
  • Avant-electronica
  • Minimalism
Comment: this 11-track issue is an uncanny mix of warped sounds haunting and hovering atop throughout. It is described as a collection of spatial experimentations using minimal drone and vocal re-renderings. Maybe it is way too minimal because of sloshing through monochrome sonic experiments, digital echoes and very similarly repeated patterns without affording compromises and efficacious dodges. Nevertheless, there are out some exceptions where reversed vowel effects used to more flourish and do not give a hoot to the listener.         

Ujjaya – Master Of Crossroads (2011)



  • Ambient
  • Ambient drone
  • Post-industrial
  • Soundscape
  • Abstract
  • Epic
  • Experimentalism
  • Avant-garde
  • Ambient techno
  • World music
  • Crossover
  • Ethnotronica
  • Avant-garde
  • Experimentalism
  • Tribal ambient

Comment: this 6-track issue is a mighty, highly fluttering ambient issue produced by Madagascar-rooted French musician Randriambololona Hery. More concretely, Ujjaya`s very broad yet subtle ambient and drone-blended soundscapes are mixed up with ethnic segments – Orient-singing and vowel echoes, didgeridoo-induced hypnosis and ethnic drum and gamelan-based incantations, and on the other side providing some mild techno vibes, bubbling electronic fabrics, spoken word snippets and adding some concrete music elements to the mix. Sometimes his music sounds more amusingly, sometimes more in an abstract way, the milieu is at times brighter, at times starkly desolate. It can be said, the artist has gathered the best elements from the aforementioned genres to create his own idiosyncratic result. By the way, the album  was played for a ballet made by Vanessa Villain, called Subliminal, telling how the man exploit the Earth and how in return nature take her revenge. Mandatory.  

Hassan K. – Birds (2012)



  • Alternative
  • Surf pop
  • Electronic pop
  • Big beat
  • World music
  • Sampledelic
  • Crossover

Comment: typified by abrupt changes of mood from track to track this 13-track pastiche constitutes an uncanny combination of surf guitars riffs, mid-tempo glowering electronica, more accelerated electro and big beat loaded breaks, and Orient-inspired sampledelic progressions (tanpura drones and singing). However, some tracks are way too short therefore to be considered as snippets or outtakes rather than full-fledged compositions. Quite frequently Hassan K`s electronic explorations come quite close to Dave Keifer aka Cagey House`s haunting, otherworldly chiming chamber electronica. Once again, those surf guitars and oriental chants used to undulate in a great way.           

Kodak To Graph – Viso`l EP (2011)



  • Post-dubstep
  • Sampledelic
  • Downtempo
  • Art pop
  • Electronic pop
  • Cinematic
  • Crossover

Comment: this handful of pieces demonstrate different tendencies within modern club music and pop electronica inspired sonic world. The rhythms are induced at times by post-dubstep frequencies, at times offering up more downtempo-alike feeling. Kodak To Graph likes to scatter diverse elements to mix them into one whole thereafter. For instance, the listener can enjoy samples coming out of the soundtracks of the Bollywood scene and orchestrated beauties or taken from concrete/organic music and sacral music. Very amusing.