- Noir folk
- Avant-folk
- New Weird Britain
- Neofolk
- Art folk
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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.
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