Daw Nusk - Hunter Gatherer (2012)

Pandafuzz

9.4

/Ambient, Soundscapes, Minimalism, Avant-garde, Post-rock, Shoegaze, Organic electronica/

Comment: this release by Todd Klempner involves a handful of lengthy compositions made up of the pulsations of Earth, our home planet, slightly psychedelic panoramas and broad ambiances surrounding the human being on the countryside. However, because of being slowly growing while staying majestic the compositions seem to be highly epic and even touched with ritualistic whiffs which in turn are embellished with the croaks of seagulls and flickering humidity located against the background of a picturesque scale. Furthermore, at times, at the time of its most exulting moments it used to reach the borders of post-rock and shoegaze.

Martin Back - Unstable Rotation Centers (2010)

PandaFuzz

8.9

/Avant-garde, Minimal, Microtonal, Noise, Sound-art, Electro-acoustic, Acousmatics, Drone, Experimentalism, Avant-electronica, Avant-jazz/

Comment: This is an advanced, 4-pieced achievement by Martin Back who used to explore the very extremities of conceptual electronic music. In true, his sound can not be considered "usual electronica" at all, because in the opening track he pushes forward on buzzing, drone-inflected progression at times a bit slowed down, sometimes a bit speeded up. Indeed, there can be detected for quite restraint, minimal approach. On the other side, one of those long-running tracks - the third track - is designed for to blur the borders between electro-acoustic music and experiment-prone jazz music. The second track is a true-bred instance of an abstract buzzscape applying for to get the greatest amount of gloss on the album. The closure notch takes on a menacing, digital noise-backed somersets. As a consequence, the whole is a efficacious and accomplished.

Rodzmatos – Untimely Music (2011)

PandaFuzz

7.4

/Improvised music, Jazz, Cool jazz/

Comment: This silentfully rolling set of 5 long-running (or very long-running) tracks resembles of the workouts by Miles Davis from the ending part of 60`s (his collaboration with Gil Evans) except as if the trumpets were replaced with string instruments and cool jams. At times beautiful, at times a little bit boring and predictable, during most of its course it is consistent yet - such kind of salon music.