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10/06/2015

Etza Meisyara – Collapse (2010)




/Dream pop, Indie pop, Alternative pop, Lo-fi, DIY/

Comment: Etza Meisyara is a female indie popster from Indonesia whose track called Collapse takes the listener to a journey of soothing acoustic guitar chords and chopped-up rhythms and dreamy vowels on the top.  All of that used to result in the sublime harmony. The outing is a little bit clumsy, with an apparent angle of lo-fi aesthetic however, it is an intriguing issue from a region of Southeast Asia where producing indie music is being very popular amongst the youngsters for the last years. I can remember for such a site as SEA Indie (at the moment it is suspended though) which issued solid alternative pop music. The single is a part of the discography of StoneAge Records.

10/05/2015

[Teaser of the day] K4MMERER - Sling Shield



  • Deep house
  • Chilltronica
  • Crossover
  • Mood music
  • Electronica
  • Chillout
  • Alternative dance

Artist: K4MMERER
Label: Jamendo
Year: 2011

German Error Message - To Carry Alongside (2011)




/Indie folk, Anti-folk, DIY, Dream folk, Folk indie, Alt-folk, Drone folk, Singer-songwriter, Americana/

Comment: I can`t remember exactly for when I first met Paul Kintzing`s curated project. It might be I had first become acquainted with it through CLLCT, the glorious site for gathering up do-it-yourself/bedroom musicians across the USA and partly from worldwide either. Unfortunately this site has been down for a while. But I still hope it will be revived sometime. Indeed, the artist`s first issues had been issued in the ending part of the 00s, at the time CLLCT was blossoming and expanding. By listening to his sophomore release To Carry Alongside being relied on Bandcamp it can be said it is a solid issue because of involving intriguing yet highly sustainable compositions. The topic is about something of modern folk expansions where guitars and vocals are accentuated with different instruments, including keyboards and electronics. Kintzing is assisted by   Shelly Lites, and Joan Perez (singing), and Matthew Sigur (bass drums and singing) with regard to some pieces. The mood is restrained yet somehow festive (due to using semi-orchestrated strings, concrete sounds and expanding, subtle drones in the background). The issue includes a shitloads of great tracks from within the 12-track whole (at a length of 28 minutes only – this kind of shortness was quite symptomatic to many albums under CLLCT because embracing mostly singer-songwriter stuff/folk-based sound). Let`s get caught up in it.  

10/04/2015

Mart Avi / Toshio Masuda - The Alley Through The Pillow

[Teaser of the day] Feast Of Violet - Chelsea Psychic



  • Ambient rock
  • Shoegazetronica
  • Electronic
  • Epic
  • Space pop
  • Dub rock
  • Alternative pop
  • Neo-psychedelia
  • Dream pop
  • Indie rock

Label: Bandcamp/Self-released
Year: 2013

Natant – Hyphenminus (2009)




/IDM, Electronica, Breakcore, Musique concrète, Mood music, Modern classical, Crossover, Chilltronica/

Comment: this handful of tracks is composed of different stylistic aspects, however, sounding consequently like a suite for an art performance or puppet show in the art house or puppet theatre, respectively. For instance, Denentoshi has been spliced in the way to draw on rushed, angular beats which ultimately make up like an instance of breakbeat music, however, providing the backup for major piano chords. It might remind of Dave Keifer aka Cagey House`s aesthetic in a way. However, it the track does have a marked cinematic factor inside. The other tracks used to appear in more calm, laid-back mood allowing the listener to enjoy rainy Sunday morning. Anoxia involves a serene doo wop fuelled female vowel effect or ringing like the main theme from a soundtrack of the 60s/70s European motion movie (a la Caravelli, Paul Mauriat, Raymond Lefèvre and others). The title track takes on beeping synthesizer signals and coiling theme developments, however, creating enthralling, almost psychedelic contrast and feel of encompassing the whole. Ostsee crosses the sample of passing cars with light-hearted piano chords and snappy rhythms beneath. It is a great album by any means. 

10/02/2015

[Teaser of the day] Wood Spider - Depraved Thickets



  • Drone folk
  • Post-folk
  • Neo-psychedelia
  • New Weird America
  • Free folk
  • World fusion
  • Balkan brass

Artist: Wood Spider
Release: Decadence
Year: 2014

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