- Post-rock
- Indietronica
- Alternative
- Cowbell indie
- Ambient
- Electronic music
- Experimental rock
- Mood music
- Art rock
Comment: the last issue of an imprint called Inglorious
Ocean which got letter space at Recent Music Heroes was Sub Noir`s Reflex, an issue of made up of
influences of IDM, indie electronica, and concrete sounds. This issue seems to
be quite similar in some respect though providing more post-rock allusions to
the 4-track blend. However, it does not mean it is a somehow guitar dominated,
crescendo directed experiment. Instead of it one is drawn into a Tortoise/Mice
Parade/The Dylan Group-influenced terrain of minimalism, progressive rock, art
music, electronic music, and indie rock/indietronica. The Bruxelles, Belgium
based artist`s music used to relentlessly drift within those styles and
boundaries as if being hurried up to create possibly many combinations and
textures altogether in a certain amount of time. In spite of it the issue`s
course used to meander in a slow and tranquilized mode which are at times
accentuated with syllables and words and concrete sounds . Guitars are deftly combined
with electronica or used to run alone previously being prepared or processed. With regard to the cover print it could be admitted the greyish tone is predominating over there. In a nutshell, I recommend to listen to other issues under Inglorious Ocean
additionally because I have found no issues so far being somehow disappointed
to my mind. Manual dexterity meets beauty meets calmness.