Basnie – Les Pays-Bas (2008)

2419 Record Label

• Sampledelic 
• Modern classical 
• Avant-garde 
• Tango 
• Drone pop 
• Film noir
• Experimentalism 
• Electronic music
• Musique concrète 
• Art music 
• Spoken word 
• Sound collage 
• Post-classical 
• Organcore 
• Mood music 
• Easy listening

Comment: first of all, it is very sweet to see such an irresistibly created retrodelic cover quite intentionally depicting those futuristic ideas related to electronic music and krautrock and progressive rock. The aesthetic of Kraftwerk, for instance. On the other side, by watching this marvellous one it predicts something special for the listener. This bunch of 17 compositions starts off with Tango Para No Balair, which is a cinematic, even ghastly insight while representing different music styles in an one piece as well (nu jazz, plunderphonics, tango noir, easy listening). Given that cinematic aspect with the mechanic sound of a film camera in the background it is not surprising at all because behind the project is the Dutchman Bas Niemans, who is being expert at doing videos. Because of that, it is not wondrous at all how he succeeded in establishing an album of having so many colours, edges, penumbras and full shadows. But I am wondering how he is being musically so talented to create something like this. This sonic scope of him is truly wide ranging from ghastly tango and plangent harmonium-led drone pop/organcore vignettes and Parisian street music to overwhelming electronic progressions and spoken word-infused situations somewhere in the midst of carnival or on noisy street or in crowd. In spite of offering up the undulating fold of images with poignant knots the issue is seamlessly wholesome. By kindred souls there can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Oskar Hallbert, Yann Tiersen, Bark Cat Bark, Penguin Café Orchestra. In a word, it is a mind-boggling juggernaut from the past. The outing is a part of the discogrpahy of an Utrecht, the Netherlands-based imprint 2419 Record Label.                           

[Teaser of the day] SHiMOTET - Joy ft. Samaapple

Cold Fiction Music

• Ambient pop
• Alternative dance
• Post-pop
• Dreamwave
• Experimental pop
• Art pop
• Electronic music

Artist: SHiMOTET

Release: A. Girls  

Label: Cold Fiction Music/Bandcamp

Year: 2016

[Teaser of the day] Bebhionn - Fluorescent Wall

Zimmer

• Tekno
• Deep tekno
• Minimal tekno
• Alternative dance

Artist: Bebhionn

Release: WAV(OR).EP 

Label: Zimmer

Year: 2016

[Teaser of the day] Noer the Boy - Room 8

• Avant-hop
• Experimental hip-hop
• Breaks
• Electro-hop
• Wonky
• Chopped and screwed
• Aquacrunk
• Urban music

Artist: Noer the Boy

Release:Spillednoise EP

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp 

Year: 2016

[Teaser of the day] Illocanblo - Shadowind

• Ambient techno
• Space music
• Electronic music
• Alternative
• Deep techno
• Downtempo

Artist: Illocanblo

Release: Sodag

Label: Bleepsequence

Year: 2016

Camp – Mean (2016)

No Type

• IDM 
• Experimental techno 
• Dub techno 
• Glitch techno
• Minimal dub 
• Drum and bass 
• Tech-dub
• Ambient 
• Electronic music 
• Minimal techno 
• Ambient dub 
• Post-classical

Comment:  David Turgeon has been heading No Type, and Panospria imprints since 1998, and as a musician as Camp he had been active since 2000 to 2007 (being very prolific in the span of time). Mean consists of 10 previously unreleased compositions, which in general consist of techno and IDM-drenched vibes though at times the Canadian musician searches for other directions either. For instance, one can hear enough ambient and dub-inflected appendixes, which are mostly coated with glitched-out its and incisive shards. Droning layers are set up in the midst of crunchy rhythms to establish drowsy harmonies. However, an obvious exception is Fucking in Tents based on the frantic drum and bass pattern, being counterpointed by a volatile synthesised layer atop. Another dodge is Hardly (feat. The Acoustics), which is an (electro-) acoustic composition indeed. It involves a mind-provoking post-classical shift within itself. The central piece of the issue is What When All The Air Is On The Ground?, which is compressed and slowed down and immersed in dreams being at times interrupted by a disparate kind of samples. In spite of it the notch chimes organically. Burn is an excellent ambient piece where elemental aurora borealis-alike flickers are mingled with majestic spacey layers thereby a little bit reminding of another Montrealer Tim Hecker (especially his first issues). In a nutshell, it is a great issue with the known and unknown tricks. Of course, the issue is a part of the discography of No Type.                                         

[Teaser of the day] The Big Sleep In Search Of Hades - The Undertow

23 Seconds

• Krautrock
• Experimental rock
• Electronic
• Big beat
• Power pop
• Kosmische Musik
• Crossover
• Art rock

Artist: The Big Sleep In Search Of Hades

Release: Ethos

Label: 23 Seconds/Jamendo/Bandcamp

Year: 2010