Various - Commie Release Compilation #2 (2001)

Commie

9.0

/Acid pop, Psychedelic, Funk rock, Dub, Crossover, Electronic pop, Big Beat, Alternative, Club dance/

Comment: if you like "old" music then you should listen to this 29-piece compilation issued on the Finnish label Commie. It veers away from uplifting funk rock, psychedelic trance and shaggy dub crossovers to acidic tekno, noiseful techno slabs, machine-distorted electro bites and rusty big beat and marred electronica and plain entertaining melodies. However, this enormous area of styles is covered up by the likes of Spiritual Algorithm, Jabsasonic, Kiviluoto Schutt, Matthew Tyas, Ddr Rhythm, Le Modem, Tero, Istari, Analogia, Mixture Model, Lastenfahrer, Artificial Unintelligence, Desertplanet, Fsd, Rabbit-O-matic, Makonnen, Full Scale Deflection, Meme. In a word, you will get convinced in that the Finnish artists are up to the level you actually need from fascinating music. And the machines seem to rule our world.

Jabsasonic - Kupittaa Dub (2001)

Commie

9.5

/Dub, Post rock, Epic, Art rock, Crossover, Experimental rock/

Comment: these 228 seconds are up there to instigate the dreams of the listener through subtle dub rhythms and spacious, symphonic guitar magnitudes. Art rock/post rock meets Jamaica, though, the composition is inspired by the environment of the Kupittaa railway station. Behind the project is Jarmo Lundgren, the musician/rhythm guitar player from Finland. Delicious and catchy.

Rabbit-O-Matic - Particles of a Comet (2000)

Commie

9.0

/Ambient, Soundscapes, Minimal/

Comment: indeed, my comment is about a comet (or track) which apparently hints at aspiration to get a trip in the outer space at least in the next 322 seconds. More concretely, the flight is a soothing and relieving one being surrounded with slightly resonating borders. In turn, these borderlines are composed of hissing vibrations and lofty dusty motion. In a word, in spite of being a heavily minimalist configuration it makes impact upon the listener.

Istari Lasterfahrer - That's the Story (2001)

Commie

9.0

/Industrial techno, Avant-techno, Experimental techno, Robot pop, Avant-industrial/

Comment: just one track spreaded out over 5 and a half minutes. It takes on brooding techno progressions being embellished with spoken word snippets (obviously snatched from an old movie), burning out possible air inbetween the layers within it. Indeed, it is essentially artificial and synthetic, more profoundly, it may be deemed a bow toward machine/robot-deflected, Kraftwerk-esque emotionless aesthetics, and on the other side, it celebrates the tradition of nihilistic old school industrial music particularly running in the vein of Cabaret Voltaire, and Throbbing Gristle. Istari Lasterfahrer is an artist from Hamburg, Germany and the single was released on Commie, a Finland-based blueprint.