- Post-punk
- Alternative rock
- Drone
- Electronic music
- Art rock
- New Weird
- Avant-rock
- Progressive rock
- Dream folk
- Spoken word
- Avant-garde
- Experimentalism
- Ambient
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5/16/2016
Ilya I Alisa – I Entered The Dark Forest (2011/2015)
5/03/2016
Ryanosaurus – Kaleidosaur (2011)
- Psytance
- Breakcore
- Tekno
- Electro
- Alternative dance
Comment:
Ryanosaurus is a musician from Sydney, Australia whose 5-tracks outing is based
on crisp rhythmic patterns that relentlessly used to change within each track
and throughout the course. On the other side, those variegating paces are
spiced up with sustaining delays and agile synthesizer threads thereby
constituting the dense psychedelic trance, electro and tekno-tinged issue.
However, the last composition Plibt (featuring Poseidon & Forrest)
involves firstly intriguing adjacent motives flicking in and out of the centre
and then it is followed by a piano-driven part. Added Additional Extra includes a catchy (neo-) krautrock-alike
synthesised motive in the first half, which makes me fairly aroused. It could
be said Ryanosaurus knows very well what he is doing – a carnival of colour
saturated rhythms and rhythms.
5/01/2016
Mircanto – Esercizi di Statica (2011)
- Alt-folk
- Indie folk
- Slowcore
- Folk indie
- Sadcore
4/28/2016
Apache Dropout – Half of the Apache Dropout LP (2011)
- Blues
- Alternative rock
- Indie rock
- Americana
- Psychedelic rock
Comment: Firstly, Apache Dropout as a combo could be considered an archetypical American combo because of trudging across the landscapes of twanging guitar driven blues rock, dusty organ drenched psychedelic sweeps and always refreshing blackened rock and roll hubbles. Secondly, the Yankees have always had enough craftsmanship and gustiness to bring their endeavours to the fore in an unmarred way. Apache Dropout`s vibe is charmingly rebellious and exquisitely negligent even if it could be understood retrospectively. For instance, let’s listen to Sam Phillips Rising where one could enjoy ecstatic, sensual screaming in the middle of chorus singing, rough guitar chords and overdriven riffs. Indeed, it is all about a chaotic environment but it is controlled and thereby managed and channelized more effectively than it would be done haphazardly. In fact, thanks to it all the minor elements included are masterfully magnified to surface them in front of the listener. In a nutshell, it is a spellbinding outing where you could draw parallels with such artists as Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Captain Beefheart, Nirvana, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Royal Trux, and Elvis Presley. The recent version involves 6 tracks but the Bandcamp-based one includes five more compositions.
4/23/2016
Astma – Moscow / Istanbul (2011)
- Live session
- Noise
- Electro-acoustic
- Electronic music
- Freeformfreakout
- Noise rock
- Avant-garde
- Psych-rock
- Improvised music
- No Wave
- Experimentalism
- Non-music
- Crust punk
Comment: The presocratic
Greek philosopher Heraclitus said once that there is no possibility to step
into the one and the same river twice. All around us and within us used to be
in permanent flux, all is changing around and within us consistently. I guess
the same can be said about the Russian duo Astma consisting of Alexei Borisov
(also known from such groups as Volga, Notshoi Prospekt and many other projects
and collaborations), and Olga Nosova (Motherfathers). Indeed, there are up some
similar points between the two live gigs in their native Moscow and Istanbul
but in general in the form these sessions are built up slightly in different ways.
However, both of them involve interesting experiments with noise music,
improvised music, rock-oriented music, voices and electro-acoustic chips. There
are up some very intriguing sonic effects as if coming out from unknown or at
least extraordinary sources. The both gigs used to progress gradually and being
directed in the way to unleash catharsis punctually and poignantly. There one
could draw parallels with diverse movements such as free jazz, noise rock, No
Wave, crust punk, electronic music. In a word, let's listen to these
mind-boggling sessions from different places worldwide.
4/14/2016
|sistra| - All My Friends Were Dead (2011)
- Indie pop/rock
- Electronic
- Alternative pop/rock
- Dream pop
- Live
- Art rock
Comment: there
are represented three pieces altogether By Russian combo |sistra| which used to
reveal the ensemble`s exquisite manner to produce sounds – sparse yet poignant
instrumentation is bound to high-pitched singing which emotionally provide a
pre-eminent dagger ultimately. Indeed, the singing is a very amusing element
within it providing different threads due to exploiting female-male mixed
dreamy voices with a slightly elliptic trajectory which used to chime and chirp
in an unconventional manner. Because of this it sounds in a familiar and
unknown way this creates a welcome tension in the listener. Because of this one
could enjoy indie music which does not follow an average indie pop formula.
There are the guitars to be represented but they seem somehow to be treated or
pulled out of the blend sometimes. It is very ok for this case. One could even
say it is an example of dream pop produced and rehearsed in vacuum. By the way,
one of those songs Tiny Boat is
performed live. In a word, it is a solid indie glimpse under BFW Recordings.
4/10/2016
Helen Austin – A Few Songs of The Week (2011)
- Indie folk
- Singer-songwriter
- DIY
- Folk indie
- Americana
Comment: Helen Austin
decided to produce one song weekly since April 2009. After producing 51 tracks
altogether she picked up twice a portion of tracks to release them on a CD,
called Song Of The Week, and for new
mixes, respectively. Thereafter Lee Rosevere chose 11 compositions for Free
Music Archive from the rest of the whole. I have been listening to the issue for
the last three hours to have only good words to say about this portion because
of being so light-hearted, bucolic and pristine by its nature. All of that is
principally created by using only gentle guitar twanging and mild singing where
the artist craftily creates enchanting harmonies and chord sequences. Furthermore,
one could perceive even cinematic flow within the tracks. Lyrically it is about
to surface themes with a positive sense of life. Fairly nice.
4/08/2016
Dead Gum – Ghost Wise (2011)
- Ambient
- Drone
- Noise rock
- Experimentalism
- Post-rock
- Noise
- Drone rock
- Ambient rock
- Ambient noise
- Avant-garde
Comment: these
20 minutes within just one composition reveal quite different angles and facets
throughout the course. It starts off with low-end, buried frequencies to evolve
into more masculine and labyrinthine, noise-drenched droning where guitars are
being set up to be either static or ready to render its undulations in a
minimal manner. I guess it is not the most primary case to puzzle out is it
either more about experimental rock or ambient kind of music. I guess the
borders between the styles started to blur stepwise after outings by the likes
of Labradford, Slowdive, Flying Saucer Attack, Lycia, My Bloody Valentine. Later
on, of course, Montrèal, Canadian ambient/drone/micronoise juggernaut Tim
Hecker loaned some of the peripheral rock influences from these artists and
synthesised them into his own work. Dead Gum`s Ghost Wise is like a clockwork which has been managed in the way to
rev up with every minute. Indeed, in the middle part of the whole an abrasive,
chord-changing guitar and Oriental-alike vowel effects alongside will begin to
build on mind-boggling phantasmagorical threads and noisy terrains which almost
chime like a converse, “minus-signed” symphonic work. Indeed, its influence is
twofold – it is both aesthetically overwhelming and physically loud to
stimulate one`s forehead and brain. In a word, it must be heard and shared
being created by the Greek Panagiotis Spoulos.
ANNISAxGAHAR – ANNISAxGAHAR (2011)
- Trashcore
- Punk rock
- Hardcore
Comment: recently
I had listened to an earlier radio show where one part was dedicated to music
and especially to earlier live recordings of a famous Estonian punk rock,
Psühhoterror. Similarly to the music of Psühhoterror the Indonesian
AnnisaxGahar`s 9-track issue consists of short-running tracks being laconic and
staggering in its nihilistic brutality and energetic chaos (however, those
vectors are not set up against each other which would have cancelled the
whole`s influence altogether – vice versa). More concretely, spasmodic guitars,
rattling drums, hi-hat rumbling and desperate singing is the very base of the
outing which would be the one and only vivid and viable appearance of punk
music by my personal opinion. In truth, the sort of classic punk is not about
the aesthetical side, it is about raw, destructive energy to come along in the
first place (differently from the movement of post-punk, for instance). Indeed,
shout your gutter out of your mouth! It to spot upon the titles of these songs
then those are at times funny, at times misanthropic and environmentalist-alike
(commit a suicide to save the planet; kill people to save the animals etc). And they do not care of the formal outlook of theirs - I have not sure at all what is the proper name of the issue and when it was actually released. In a word, it is a convincing punkish shit.
F.ck off! Sincerely.
4/04/2016
Kyland Holmes – Seattle Session (2011)
- Improvised music
- Art music
- Experimentalism
- Modern classical
- Piano music
- Post-classical
- Avant-garde
Comment: indeed, it is piano music and it is a kind of
improvised music. It is the sort of piano music which makes sense for me personally. It is
piano music where watery tonality and floating chords in permanent change used to become larger and smaller and begin to metamorphose differently. Silence meets intensity,
being meets nonexistence. Many states of mind will be cancelled and erased
throughout the course to create many new ones instead. It is like an artsy reflection of the human being`s life. It was a cosy session to
listen to it in the night.
3/22/2016
Nasienie – Private Loops (2011)
- Ambient pop
- Shoegaze
- Post-rock
- Electronic music
- Crossover
- Dream pop
- Alternative
Comment: this 15-track issue is truly inspired from beginning to end because of
consisting of elements being ennobling and sublime. Principally it is ambient
music which is imbued with dream pop, shoegaze, and post-rock threads. On the
other side, all this sort of categorization is indirect and implicit because
the aforesaid stylistic determinations say quite little about true nature of
the issue – all these parts are just faint flickers without definite borders
and angles where one style is superimposed by another or just seamlessly melted
into each other. The whole seems to dither surrealistically and phantasmagorically.
It reminds a little of more atmospheric endeavours by My Bloody Valentine (The Light, for instance) or Slowdive`s
technical and abstract issue Pygmalion.
Recently I have listened to another very similar and staggering issue by
Brother Saturn which was entitled as Tales
Of Space Exploration 35-42 (2016). Last but not least I could remember for
a dream where I entered into a music shop to buy a very rare tape recording of
My Bloody Valentine which chimed truly fabulously but I eventually lost the
gem. It was a truly horrendous experience to me. However, by listening to it
this helps partly to restore the former feeling. In a word, the outing is
mandatory due to its special nature and effect. Nasienie is a Russian project
and the issue was released under legendary Portuguese imprint enoughrecords.
3/07/2016
Alyiann - Gravity Escalation (2011)
- Chillstep
- Chill out
- Dubstep
- Mood music
- Electro
- Electronica
Comment: there are up a couple of tracks which will
clock in at an eight minute created by Warsaw, Poland-based artist Alyiann. In
principle, it is a chill-out, moody album in spite of manipulating with dubstep
and electro rhythms . The self-titled piece is led by a marvellous motif which
feeds back both the bold rhythms and firework around the issue. It reminds of something very strongly but I am not able to remember it at the moment. Another
track called How To Obey launches off
with more restrained synthesised chords which will evolve into a melancholic,
even nostalgic insight of electronic music. The issue is a part of
the discography of Sirona-Records which is led by Pollux aka Arnaud Barbe.
3/03/2016
Sun Devoured Earth - The Sunshine Always Fades (2011)
- Ethereal Wave
- Alternative rock
- Shoegaze
- Dream pop
- Gothic rock
- Post-rock
- Darkwave
- Epic
Comment: firstly, I have no hesitation at all while I
am going to start to listen to any of the outings by the Latvian one-man
project Sun Devoured Earth. Vadim`s music does have many hints at throughout
this 14-notch album. It used to range from powerful, gloomy shoegaze and dream
pop tinged guitar-based noise walls to more restrained, dark wave-ish
incantations, however, being fulfilled with vital, sustainable energy. All
these shifts used to realize in a seamless way where one track or mood is
followed by other ones to build up something otherworldly and beatific.
Although one could hear some similarities with such combos as Lycia, My Bloody
Valentine, Galaxie 500, Slowdive, Cocteau Twins, Autumn`s Grey Solace, Love
Spirals Downwards the result is unique due to its pristine fragmentation and idiosyncratic
dreamed-out climaxes. Although the main motif of the issue is relatively
dark-hued it paradoxically provides a breeze of optimism for you to amend your
miserable, hopeless life in the middle of human being`s vanity. In this case let`s tell about it as an appealing, irresistible misanthropic example. For me, Sun
Devoured Earth has been the favourite combo of me from Latvia, the southern neighbouring
country of Estonia.
3/02/2016
Hoodie Woody Freaky - Story Of The Early Days (2011)
- Hip-hop
- Indietronica
- Alternative pop
- Indie pop
- DIY
- Electronic pop
Comment: by listening to this short, 4-track issue by
an Indonesian trio with a funny name this album could have been produced as
one 11-track issue, for instance. Indeed, it could have been just one
possibility. More profoundly, the issue draws on light-hearted guitar twangs,
blithesome singing and beatbox induced rhythm sections. However, all the
aforesaid elements are built up in the way to be angular while being juxtaposed
against each other. The result is simple and straightforwardly understandable
in its simplicity. Let`s say it is just entertaining. Because of that the
outing represents one of the pop clichés with regard to the Far East and South
Asia pop music scenes. In the universal sense, the issue is consistent and
solid due to developing one sonic topic profoundly and thoroughly. Get it now.
2/18/2016
The Red*Eyes – The Red*Eyes (2011)
- Avant-rock
- Noise rock
- DIY
- Experimental rock
- Industrial music
- Experimentalism
- Dada music
- Lo-fi
- Avant-garde
Comment: the first chords of the self-titled
issue of the trio of Ed Landis, Ross Martin, and Eric Hunter Bruno reveal that it is recorded
as a self-indulgent production. Indeed, it embarks on with hand clapping at Doctor Janikowski as if actors coming up
to the stage. Later on, the frantic canard of guitar induced sounds is ready to
penetrate through tiny slots of the listener`s brain. Indeed, the concept is
thoroughly experimental and mind-boggling – the reversed lo-fi guitars are up
to create invigorated background for buried vocal deliveries which at times are
variegated with drowsy ambient electronics and programmed beats. It might
remind of early releases of the Fall (for instance, Perverted By Language), The Residents, old school
industrial/post-punk acts like Cabaret Voltaire, Clock DVA. Especially Banana Compost Phase #4 used to run in
the vein of the last mentioned style. More profoundly, it is ticklingly nihilistic
and dada induced anti-pop piece. The final piece High Gain exploits shimmery guitar chords and explosive noise
dynamites to create tension and contrast inside the track throughout the
course. The issue is a part of the discography of a label with the uncanny name, Interplanetary Floral Star.
2/08/2016
Morgan Sadler - Go On (2011)
- Singer-songwriter
- Indie folk
- Canadiana
- Folk indie
- Folk
Comment: Morgan Sadler is a singer from Toronto, Ontario,
Canada whose single Go On won a
Toronto Independent Music Award for Best Song 2009-2010. Indeed, the ditty is
great due to fine fragmentation of properly dosed and dreamy singing and somniferous
instrumental parts beneath it. Been Known To,
and Going Nowhere are certainly more ceremonial
and conventional ones where Morgan Sadler`s vocal is unveiled and the chords are more bold and naked-tailed to be set out for poppy boasting and mainstream appeal though making sense enough to accomplish the whole.
Josef Blo - The Studious EP (2011)
- Hip-hop
- Sampledelic
- Cut and paste
- Soul-hop
- Cinematic
- Breaks
- Urban music
- Sound collage
Comment: although this issue of 11 fragments is a
short-running one clocking in at a 14 minute the result is at times exceedingly
amusing. For instance, the opening piece Tradition
starts off with a funny music hall vignette and cut-up beats and somewhat
buried yet funny vowel expressions. However, later on, the music by the
Canadian producer Josef Blo used to evolve into soulful progressions and even
cinematic flickers which are reached by exploiting heavily sampling and cut and
splice technique. It embraces a bunch of scratches, broken beats and hovering
synthetic sounds and orchestrated parts all of them being fondly spliced and
reiterated thereby representing the cut and paste/sound collage music rather
than the pop-oriented product. On the other side, it does not mean it is
nothing to do with poppy music – for instance, listen to Get Stoned and indeed, you get stoned due to those beatific
harmonic movements and synergy between different elements. In a word, grab this
album from a pre-eminent jazz/soul/hip-hop/broken beats/sampledelic music
imprint, called Dusted Wax Kingdom.
SAD - Crystal Faces (2011)
- Breakcore
- Electro pop
- Alternative dance
- Deep house
- Synth pop
Comment: by
analysing the coverprint of this 3-notch issue you might presume of this music
to be something fairly infantile and done with toys, for instance. However, the
result is an example of great electro propulsions with chopped vocals and
hovering atmospheric synth lines. By considering the coverprint once more one
might assume something playfulness within it and he/she is not wrong
altogether. As we know very well the puerility and playfulness often used to
stick together. The second track Hipnolist
involves synth pop frequencies to be added to crunchy electro cadences. Marvin is even more one step farther
because of recruiting sublimely bouncing house-y vibes and softened vocals to
the mix. Who could expect that after listening to the first a couple of compositions?
In fact, the kind of versatility is the privilege of accomplished artists. Indeed,
the result clocking in at a 21 minute is fascinatingly filled with pleasant surprises
and sustainable threads. The issue is a par tof the discography of Ruzzinet.
2/07/2016
Volfoniq – Ernest (2011)
- Dub
- Reggae
- Tango
- Raggamuffin
- Crossover
- World music
- Electronica
Comment: Volfoniq
is the Frenchman Nicolas Sorbier who has issued a bunch of albums over Internet
in recent years. Ernest consists of
11 tracks which used to rely on Jamaican styles of special kind – dub, reggae,
raggamuffin. However, all these styles are sprinkled with some European sounds
– accordion chords coming out from the streets of Paris, there are also
represented the vibes of tango music with electronic frequencies which was
widely popularized by Gotan Project. On the other side, the Jamaican styles are
interlaced with ethnic drum sounds of Asian origin. In a word, musically it is
an iridescent release providing enough delight and some overwhelming turns for
your pleasure.
2/03/2016
Plastik Kettle – New Horizons EP (2011)
- Alternative pop
- Electro pop
- Robot pop
- Electronic pop
- Synth pop
Comment: The Sardinia, Italy-residing musicians Alessandro
Pintus & Corrado Caocci have said they are inspired by the universe of
robots and their profound passion for the synthesizers. By watching the title
of their first issue Our Toys Are Better
Than Yours (2007, Elpa) the duo`s statement gets cemented further. Their
sophomore issue New Horizons EP
proves also that the music of Italian combo is a highly subtle undertake on
robots and electronic keyboards. The flow is iridescent due to warped yet
graceful vocals and elegantly bouncing electronic rhythms full of (artificial) solar
rays and organic synth templates. In a word, if this issue were a part of the
discography of a well-known artist it would be widely recognized. The issue is
a solid notch in the discography of the Latvian imprint Elpa music.
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