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12/22/2010
Raw Moans + LAY BAC beko_70 (Beko DSL)
There is a fine joint release by LAC BAC and Raw Moans, the kind of one-man-bands, coming from Austin and San Diego, USA, respectively. More detailly, two tracks by both sides, used to be quite similar to each other, however, it can be drawn the gap between them. Raw Moans is up here, to reflect upon minimal, dreamy floating, though, doing it that way which will show up the devoid or at least restraint of his feelings. It is mainly a blend of hazy monotonic chord array and loose motorik rhythms. LAC BAC does play up disco house-drenched, heavy-filtered bedroom visions similar to Ariel Pink`s early doings, on the other side, the second track Ralf Goes Out is based upon a highly down-pitched cadence to offer the platform for Jsef Calamusa`s murky voice to be appeared everywhere.
All in all, it might be seemed as a following example riding on the chillwave and witch house hype, yet, undoubtedly it is a split masterfully composed and played out.
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9.0
12/18/2010
Cody England The Monotony Monopoly (Rack & Ruin)
First off, the description "Cody England from USA" met at the record site sounds very amusing way, isn`t? By this way, I can remember for that Dallas, the Estonian indie frontband by 90`s was also made fun of it the same way at times ("Dallas from Tallinn"). However, the Arkansas-based musician is described as "a part-time assistant librarian and a full time creative", which actually says much about his dedication to the creating process. He made his debut this year, having released two issues to date. The debut The Metal Band from Hamburger Land (an apparent reference to his previous employment) showcased his adoreness toward minimal songwriting approach with deeply lovelorn lyrics and taking on some bittersweet arrivings at memories. Yet, the conception of his opening album was a bit too fragile and loose, where the parts of it were set apart from each other, sounding sometimes as a set of the Christmas songs for the lo-fi crowd.
No doubt, the sophomore one is much better evolved into the impressive output, though, based upon the same instrumentation as the previous time. His music is played up with cheap yet magnificient effect-drenched Casio synths (I have at home an example of the first series, namely Casio Tonebank SA-1 bought for 300 EEK/ca 25 USD and being properly worked out during the last 10 years), and home organ GEM H-400 as well. His warm, dream-alike voice does make up lots of great resonances with mild organ drones and programmings on the slow-paced/middle-paced/fast-paced mode. Being sometimes serious, sometimes sad, and sometimes funny the only "weakness" is a fact the record is too short (5 tracks within circa 10 minutes). Searching for soul mates Cody England`s approach can be compared to the aesthetics of his home label Rack & Ruin the first place, though, which generalized sonority has lots of common roots with the bedroom music pioneering by The Russian Futurists and keyboard-drones-based-austereness-drowned-into-harmonies of Beach House as well. A strong workout, indeed.
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9.1
12/17/2010
Raindeer Raindeer EP (Bandcamp)
Raindeer does consist of three lads - Charlie Hughes (vocals, synth), Devin Byrnes (synth), and Beau Cole (guitar, bass) - coming from Baltimore, Maryland, a town being once home for Animal Collective. Vis à vis with Collective, besides the trio`s aesthetical heritage originating from similar (post-)psychedelic breeds and DIY-based conceptions and lo-fi-infused common ground their start, however, is not a less impressive opening at all compared to the very launch by Avey Tare-Panda Bear circa 10 years ago, more concretely, being soaked in a rousing mix of electronics and indie pop and subtly nudging at their boundaries and zones. Yet, those 6 tracks of the debut issue are remarkably more extrovert and pop-oriented encompassed by broad yet intelligent postures and caustic keyboard (under)currents, the kind of reminiscent of those played up by the English innovative pop group Space in the last years of the Britpop-era (the track The Green Lights), and MGMT as well. Of course, there can be found out some similarities with the later-era Animal Collective, which drove some obduarate Collective`s fans to despair (Dark Place). On the other side, fortunately, Raindeer is able to avoid this kind of ostentatious artistical shelves cranking out of emotions being anchored at a subject`s genuine sensitiveness. No doubt, the trio is able to master crafty pop numbers, for instance, the ending This Is My Last Transmission which at the outset is intentionally restrained to come off into a catchy even hysterical explosion.
A solid debut, indeed.
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9.2
11/30/2010
Felipe Casey Cardona Casio Nightlife (Noise Horror)
Having a speak about Felipe Casey Cardona`s 4-track cassette single Casio Nightlife it is not realistic to ignore a nowadays musical situation, this kind of which was rooted by Ariel Pink`s low-tech doings in the middle of the 00`s having attracted so many attention and (re-)launched a new home recording wave, developed mostly into chillwave/glo-fi/stargaze, or witch house/drag/haunted house music nowadays, which relies on a blend of the roughness of the do-it-yourself aesthetics and dream-alikeness of the bedroom music. However, the situation is greatly changed to date and the greatest of them (Ariel Pink, Devendra Banhart, Wavves) are being signed up by well-known labels, moreover, the aforementioned artists have managed to move on toward the centre of pop music, though.
Cardona takes his path in a direct and downright way. Low-end synths and noir-alike vocal sequences with some sense of violet-y colorings are ready to be instantly thrown to the forefront from the very start to the end. The opening and self-titled track seems to be a tribute to the erotic music, on the other way, the finishing Subjective Paradoxical Argument is a deep inner space noir. Two tracks in between do conjure naivistic synth chords and merely discernible distorted backcloth, by having the singing in English and in Spanish. In fact, he does prevalently drift in a lucid and high spirited mood, yet, in the ending phase his conception is used to seem a little bit monotonous and weary. But he is a talented guy anyway. Lets wait what will the sophomore issue bring with.
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7.7
11/19/2010
Friendship Home (Friendship)
The easiest way to describe the Australian Nic Brown`s release would be to put it into a mould being set up somewhere between Panda Bear`s (Noah Lennox) solo works and chillwave-ish point of view. (By the way, one track, being one of the most mellow ones is named Noah_Frienship and Friendship Bands). 11 tracks are tensely fulfilled by pitched or reversed vocals, repeated chords, programmed glockenspiels, half-loaded orchestrations, synth effects, fingerpicked guitar echoes, and epic harmonies as well. On the other side, its methodology is sometimes used to be based upon loose and primitivistic approach which can be admitted as its best at Sexy Bones, or idiosyncratically brassy soulful tunes (Hip). Obviously Optim 2 is a quintessential example of having respectively built up on lo-fi and nicely tuned harmonies. This album might have been a top notch if the balance had more keened to involve more melodies and harmonies into its whole. Lethargically characterized sonic patterns are not for to be the best case for Brown`s music, though.
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8.4
11/16/2010
Beko Beko_box3 (Beko DSL)
To speak tongue in-the-cheek of the style "witch house" it may seem to be sounded like the gothic people/dark wavers` chillwave music. No doubt, between the aforementioned styles are obvious similarities (the use of low-end synths, the exploitation of the DIY-aesthetics), while their main difference is drawn by the using of noir-loaded soundscapes/hauntology, and peripheric sonic experiments. The style, by the way, under which categorized bands, at least some of them, love to use different symbols (especially the different way-shaped crosses) in their names, though the most well-known of them, for instance, the likes of Salem, Modern Witch, and oOoOO are restricted in the borders of alphabetical signs yet. However, the label Beko DSL is always used to pretend finding out new bands and styles-subgenres, but their turn toward witch house/drag/haunted house seems to be their first notch, though. This release, consisting of three boxes, and 6 ensembles (Mater Suspiria Vision; d3thplaY; High Park; Residual Prophecy; ZON; lll^◊^lll, can be considered as a fine kind of overview-offering compilation. In any case, a good introduction to the new hype.
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10/28/2010
[Old but important] Eukariota Animalia (Fariscal)
Someone Nicolàs B, In Buenos Aires living 26 years old musician, who is recording at home with a guitar, bass, some keyboards, 4-track tape recorder, and a precarious recording technique, making really genuine stuff on his own. Indeed, the way how subtle and lush guitar sounds do shimmer around invisible axis or are arranged to throw hooks here and there, which are sometimes introduced or followed by brown noise-covered short segments or spoken word samples, are made up by the position of a genius. Regarding his guitar works and some experimentation with noise, considering also crossovered lines, he does show up his closeness to Jim O`Rourke; or the monotonic synth lines find out the way up to early Stereolab`s aesthetics. Animalia was his debut release (2007) followed by Un Dia Luminoso (2010). The maximal result with minimal instrumentation.
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10/10/2010
[Kogumikud] Homemade-LoFi-Psych: HLFP #4 Sound Explosions (FMA)
34 rada ning rohkem kui 2 ja pool tundi muusikat. Nagu käesoleva kogumiku koostaja mainis, saadeti talle 217 lugu, mille seast tuli valik teha. Valiku kriteeriumiks ei olnud ainult (subjektiivne) "hea" ja "halb", vaid käesoleval sai rõhuasetus psych-rock`ile ja psühhedeeliale seatud. (Mis loomulikult on taaskord tunnetuse küsimus). Loomulikult on siingi palju seesugust materjali, mis ei mahu mainitud žanrite piiridesse (mis on samuti paratamatu, kuivõrd neile žanritele on niikuinii iseloomulik eksperimentalismi "juhatav" tahk). Siin on ragga-elemente, ulguvat ruumirokki, lo-fi`d, baggy-muusikat, fuzz`i, kriipivaid kitarridrone`i, tagurpidi käiatavate kitarride lumma ja primitroonikat. Ühtegi läbikukkunud lugu küll sellelt kogumikult ei mäleta. Seda enam, et artistid sellel kogumikul on võõrad (erandiks on üksnes Paneye ja Wonder Wheel. Erilisemad hetked? The Bavarian Druglords`i Goldsoul kõlab kui The Charlatans kuldsetel päevadel, olles oma saundi kõvasti reverb`i juurde keeranud (ning vokaalis on rohkem ianbrownilikku impressiivsust); Strangers Family Band`i Strange Transmissions kõlab kui Jim Morrison`i tagasitulek taevastelt laotustelt, olles vahepeal põiganud Hindustani poolsaarele, liites ragga-psühhedeelia The Doors`i saundi. Nolo (Fondu) demonstreerib robustse psühhedeelroki võlu ja valu. Wonder Wheel on jätkuvalt tasemel kosmilise lo-fi shoegaze-lennuga. Blancanus (All Smiles) naeratab Farfisa oreli vikerkaarte vahelt, meenutades saundilt nii Clinic´ut, Inspiral Carpets`it kui Silver Apples`it; Sky Picnic (Moons of Jupiter) väljendub väga mitmetahuliselt - siin on maailmavalulisi kitarrihorisonte, post-rock`ilikku massiivi ja eepilisust, mikrotasandi saunde ning loomulikult kriipivat ruuminoir`i. Kui mõelda energia, jõu, mitmekesisuse ning väljapeetuse peadpööritavale ning orgaanilisele kombinatsioonile, siis on see kahtlemata üks parimaid kogumikke, mida siinkirjutaja kuulnud on.
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9/07/2010
Bye Bye Blackbird Happy High EP (Arcade Sound)
Plaadifirma Arcade Sound ei oma mahukat diskograafiat (hetkel ulatub see 5 reliisini), kuid seesuguste artistide nagu Memoryhouse`i, Teen Daze`i (hetkel diskograafiast maas) ning MillionYoung`i reliisid on Pitchfork`is positiivselt (üle seitsme punkti kümnest) arvustamist leidnud. Kõva sõna albumeid vabalt üllitava rekordsi kohta igatahes. Mis annab tunnistust sellest, et netist tulev muusika väärib tähelepanu ning peavoolu häälekandjad hakkavad tasapisi oma poliitikat ümber kujundama, kuivõrd muidu läheks palju väärtuslikku muusikat neist lihtsalt mööda.
Bye Bye Blackbird`i (ka Blackbird Blackbird) taha peitub San Francisco mees Mickey Saunders, kes produtseerib nullindatele iseloomulikku saundi. Psühhedeelne DIY/lo-fi, magamistoa elektroonika. Kõrgele tõstetud vokaal plekiste süntesaatorisaundide ning prõmpivate rütmide taamal hõljumas. Nimetatud 4-looline üllitis on lihtne output, mis kõigest elab oma elu, pretendeerimata kõrgele aujärjele. (Kuigi sisaldab hetkiti nutikaid heliseemneid, maandatakse need tavapärasesse voogu). Rajad on lühikesed, mistõttu väärib "Happy High" repeat-režiimile seadmist, saamaks korralikku ülevaadet. Siinkirjutajale meenutab Saunders`i saund mitte niivõrd leiblikaaslasi - Memoryhouse`i, Teen Daze`i ning MillionYoung`i glo-fi/chillwave/hüpnagoogilist poppi ja Magic Man`i poptroonika ja New Weird America traditsioonide segu -, kuivõrd eelkõige kanadalase Matthew Adam Hart`i aka The Russian Futurists`i esteetilist jalajälge.
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8.3
9/04/2010
Evenings North Dorm EP (Bandcamp)
Nathan`i nimeline noormees Charlottesville`ist (Virginia, USA) pakub tasemel chillwave/glo-fi/dream pop/stargaze/haze pop elamuse. Hõrgud meloodiad ning paitavad harmooniad moodustavad vastupandamatu kombinatsiooni - isegi siis, kui konkreetne helind näib kohati laisalt või suisa passiivselt kulgevat. Kuid see on näivus/või näivusega manipuleerimine, kuivõrd sellega külgnebki varjatud mõte. Kaunikõlalisus on alati töötanud, ning andes ühtlasi tunnistust, miks sarnast helikudet produtseerivad-reliisivad samaaegselt sajad pundid üle ilma. Tundub üha enam, et on moodustunud uue meinstriimi vöönd, mida ka toetab üha enam established muusikapress (nt Pitchfork on haaranud plaadifirma Arcade Sound`i oma "hoole" alla). Jutud aastaid tagasi, et Stereolab`i (järjekordne) album kõlab kui popmuusika aastal 2050 või hiljem, on osutunud valeks. Tõsilugu on, et see aeg on märksa varem pärale jõudnud. Kuulata "North Dorm" EP`i tähendab langeda sulniduse mõjusfääri, lasta vajutada teatud klahvidele. Filosoofid ei kõnele tänapäeval enam sõnades, vaid helide keeles. Nupumuusika.
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9.4
8/26/2010
Felipe Casey Cardona Casio Nightlife (Noise Horror)
Felipe Casey Cardona 4-looline kassettsingel "Casio Nightlife" on järjekordne tunnistus Ariel Pink`i hindamatust panusest uue ajastu popmuusikale rohelise tee sillutamises. Muusika, mille essents peitub lo-fi- ja DIY-liikumise robustses esteetikas ning magamistoapopi sulnis unenäolisuses, mis kombinatsioonina hoiabki tõrvikut kõrgel uue ajastu tarvis. Muusika loomine ei ole enam elitaarne tegevus, kuivõrd low technology on rehabiliteeritud ning ausse tõstetud. Kalifornialane demonstreeris ilmekalt, et meeleolukat muusikat võib luua odava tehnikaga või suisa mittemuusikaliste vahenditega (suuga tekitatud rütmistik), vajamata selleks ulmeliselt maksvat tehnikat (meenuvad kohe Eesti muusikute jutud, kuidas nad omal ajal maksid süntesaatorite eest autohinda ning Benny Andersson`i väidetavalt pool miljonit dollarit maksnud klahvpill). Muidugi, hetkel seostatakse seesugust muusikat veel ekstsentrilisusega, kuid ajapikku artistide lisandudes ning laiemalt uute harjumuste juurdudes olukord kindlasti muutub. Tõsi, hetkel on see veel vastastikune - plaadifirmade ja artistide vaheline - kompromissidele seatud protsess, milles artistid ise liiguvad (päris)perifeeriast keskme poole nagu on juhtunud Devendra Banhart`i, Wavves`i või Pink`i endaga.
FCC läheneb asjale otse ning ilustamata, lihtsalt trillerdades süntekaga noir`ist nakatatud purpurset tooni vokaalmaneeri saatel (või on see vastupidi). Nimiloost avang on catchy tribuut erootikale, lõpulugu Subjective Paradoxical Argument on (inner) space noir. Vahepeale mahub naivistlike akordide ning õrnalt distorted fooniga liuglemist, laulu nii inglise kui hispaania keeles. Siin on erksust ning meeleolukust, mis siiski lõpupoole kipub instrumentaalse üheplaanilisuse tõttu kaduma. Kuid potentsiaali mehel kahtlemata on. Ning kassetid helikandjatena ei ole aegade hämarusse kadumas.
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7.7
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