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Comment: undoubtedly this 7-track issue is masterfully produced full of sultry synthesised and spacious progressions as if an interface to bring together heaven and Earth. Awake In The Dew is a project by the Brazilian musician Diego Henrique. He has divided the project`s music into multiple categories: the first of them was 2007 to 2011 drawing more on lo-fi and post-rock ground, and the second started in 2012 and it is obviously electronic. Electronic music may be bottomless, and there it is – as mentioned above the listener can hear a bound between mundane and heavenly, however, the sounds represented over there are very diverse – from profound gentle layers-infused ambient and blissful panoramas to noisy synthesised facets, signal-alike sharp effects and abrasive electro-acoustic reverberations and sheer delays and steep rhythmic patterns. It reminds a bit of Tangerine Dream in the middle of the 70s particularly with such issues as Rubicon, and Ricochet. These astounding 36 minutes are a part of the discography of Tranzmitter.

11/08/2018

[Teaser of the day] Enkil - tmd

Ephedrina

Tekno
Electronic music
Ambient tekno
Alternative dance

Artist: Enkil

Release: AAVV - Hluboko Collective Gate 6 (NetlabelDayEdition)

Label: Ephedrina

Year: 2015

[Teaser of the day] Prototype 68 - La Harpie

Dusted Wax Kingdom

Sampledelic
Hip-hop
Electronic music
Breaks
Nu jazz

Artist: Prototype 68

Release: Lost Highway EP

Label: Dusted Wax Kingdom

Year: 2007

Alzar - DrOwL – Nymph of the Alien (2018)

MNMN

Bandcamp

Electronic music
Alternative dance
Psychedelic
World fusion
Ethnotronica
Breakbeat
Ambient

Comment: this bunch of 15 compositions is dedicated to strangers/aliens/different kind of life forms. To those living beings having no deal with the human race and the planet Earth. However, contacts with a stranger may enrich our life. Otherwise it may result in annihilation of the human race given that species with lower intelligence have no potential to reach other planets in the galaxy. At least having had a fantasy about the stranger would result in one fine album. Musically it is a sultry blend of psychedelic synthesised whiffs, mid-tempo driven ethnic-tinged rhythms and intriguing electronic roundabouts and arousing loops. At times songs are sensualised by mystical female chanting as if mysterious supernatural creatures from within the Russian forests in fairy tales. So yeah, (horrendous) strangers can come from inside us and from our fears as well. Furthermore, given that we may be even more horrendous than our opposite ones. However, it is just a rough, very generalized overview of it. In fact, it embraces a hundreds of combinations in sonic and rhythmic texture. There are different depths, there are different intensities. It is search for balance between gravity and volatility. The impressive issue is a part of the discography of MNMN Records.

11/07/2018

Multi-Panel – Rekordgate III (2018)

Bandcamp

Indietronica
Electronic music
IDM
Folktronica
DIY

Comment: The Netherlands, Breda-based Ludo Maas aka Multi-Panel is back with his third and final part of Rekordgate. I think the first part and the third part are the favourites of mine. Partly this is a profound insight into electronic music, indeed, with few or without any guitar-based embellishments in some tracks. All the electronic threads in the embodiment of fatty synths, synthesised broad landscapes and stomping bass synths are drawn out boldly. It could almost be named as synth-pop but it is a bit something else due to his DIY and nerdy attitude. Sparkling pop numbers cannot be considered his first, second or third preferences. The electronic/synthesiser-based predominance is obviously the most striking difference in comparison to the rest two issues. On the other side, guitar twangs, treated guitars and exquisite electronic progressions in many interactions and combinations also make sense. Thirdly, listen to Stand and you get a proof that Ludo Maas can create something truly elusive, and blissful. One may think of it as if being written by Jens Lekman. All in all, the sequel of the releases was success. May we wait for a next one?

Albert Negredo – Paricolintencia (2018)

MonoKraK

Ambient
Abstract
Avant-garde
Experimentalism
Sampledelic
Drone
Minimalism
Electronic music
Space music
Electro-acoustic

Comment: Albert Negredo`s 4-track issue Paricolintencia is a short (14-minute) outing yet involving many disparate facets – from pulsating and catchy sample-based ambient to colder, more abstract soundscapes as if reflecting upon a yet unknown life form coming from beyond our restricted and exhausted fantasies. You cannot see its face yet you can feel the presence of it. One can hear one and the same sample at Paradona pulsating from the beginning to the end. Yet it fulfils its goal to amuse the listener because the sample is loaded with catchiness based on a female vowel effect. In fact, I would listen to it for an hour. Cloaca is an exquisite crossroad for ambient and electro-acoustic music. The cover print is also ambiguous reflecting upon our intention to get beyond our restricted, boredom-eaten life. This thought-provoking, great issue is a part of the discography of MonoKraK.

11/06/2018

[Teaser of the day] Radiotuman - Mokele-Mbembe Hunting

Ethnotronica
Electronic music
World music
Psychedelic
Alternative
World fusion

Artist: Radiotuman

Release: Tunguska Constellation: Radiotuman - Sakhalin Tales

Label: Tunguska Music Society/Jamendo

Year: 2018

[Teaser of the day] Aortha - Sometimes Straightening Herself Up To Warm Puffs

Haze

Abstract
Glitch techno
Dark ambient
Experimental electronica
Micro-techno
Avant-techno
Experimental techno

Artist: Aortha

Release: Was Sleeping

Label: Haze

Year: 2009

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11/10/2018

[Teaser of the day] MushroomWavved Collar - Vacuum Morning

[Teaser of the day] Deicida 69 - Absolutamente Moderno

Awake In The Dew – Sounds To Ascension (2018)