Projects - In The Hall Of The Moutain King (2014)

Sirona-Records

• Lo-fi
• Experimental electronica

Outstanding tracks:

Old Village

The Man In White

Glowflies

The Castle of White

The Hollow Dawn

Age of Ice

Robotic Joe - Digitalord (2013)

Sirona-Records

• Avant-electro
• Breakcore
• Avant-techno
• Jungle
• Freeformfreakout
• Sampledelic
• Noise
• Chiptune
• Tracker music
• Experimental electronica

Outstanding tracks: 
Ancient Flocks of Consumers 
Digital Pimp Hard at Work
HORROR
Digitalastic
Tooth Pick
Bassociety
Digital Drive Over The Orient
Robotic Anthem
Shocker

Mala Culebra - Mala Culebra (2012)

Sirona

Bandcamp

9.4

/Avant-garde, Neoclassical, Post-psychedelic electronica, Noise, Neofolk, Experimentalism/

Comment: Mala Culebra is the experimental music project of the US-based Italian Francesco Perdona aka Arte Sacra Atelier and the Argentinian Ariel Chapuis aka Playing With Nuns. Their collaborative 9 tracks are spreaded out over 41 minutes, however, straddling the border between noiseful contemplations and acute noise torrents, neoclassical/neofolk glimpses, lofty electronic progressions and sampledelic dodges, off-kilter industrialized shamanism. Ultimately all of that will be resulted in a slightly psychedelic frame, though, it should not be understood as psychedelic in the straight sense of the word. The album seems to depict the world after the hippies are died off.

Totally Pissed Off - Anarchist Brutality (2013)

Sirona-records

9.2

/Avant-garde, Noise, Non-music, Experimentalism, Anti-rock, Grindcore/

Comment: this album of 6 short-running tracks starts off with off-kilter, slowly bucking chord progressions which soon will be traded to desperate, shrill noisy shouts. Later on, grindcore-driven excruciating bouts, demented vocal outbursts, and inexhaustible drumming will be spiced up with humorous spoken word samples. In a word, the project deserves its name. And the coverprint is amusing. 

Dawktah - Imaginary Math (2012)

Sirona-Records

Bandcamp

Lastfm

9.0

/Leftfield, Experimental indie, Electronic pop, Sampledelic, Sound collage, Alternative, Psychedelia/

Comment: Dawktah is a NY-based experimental/leftfield artist who exploits the samples of other musicians. Indeed, his 3-track issue is filled with sampledelic collages, uplifting electronic propulsions and some repetition-loaded guitar chords and effects. It is his sophomore album after Sacristy Arcade.    

Television Sky - Six Yogas of Naropa (2012)

Sirona-Records

Bandcamp

Lastfm

9.2

/Ambient, Musique concrète, Post-rock, Ambient rock, Hauntology, Alternative, Experimental electronica, Crossover, Experimental rock/

Comment: there are up 6 tracks spreaded out over 20 minutes. The album starts off with a track, Pedro de Ampudia, which is Arthur Russell-esque track of reverb-heavy vowel effects and ethereal arrangements. Onward the release will be embedded either in more or less haunting ambient music being infiltrated with concrete sounds and clicks, lofty hums and minimally shaped experiments or "error-induced", glitch and weird snippet-filled atmospheric and flickering post-rock tendencies. The last track Oceans Last Forever`s motif reminds a little bit of Angelo Badalamenti`s Twin Peaks one. All of that is created by a guy, called Samuel Ruth aka Qually aka Metrosound hailing from San Diego, USA.

Pollux - My Beautiful Melancholia (2012)

Sirona-Records

9.5

/Ambient, IDM, Ambient techno, Experimental electronica, Breakbeat, Kosmische Musik/


Comment: Arnaud Barbe aka Pogohm aka Pollux can be described as a very prolific artist from France who in addition to have issued a batch of countless releases over the last years heads up a label, called Sirona-Records in which list there are represented more than 500 albums at the moment (despite of being one of the most qualitative blueprints worldwide). However, his 4-piece brand new one which is spreaded out over 14 minutes meets at the crossroads of boisterous ambient, an array of reshuffled broken beats, and somehow transcendental feeling. Inspite of involving a loads of elements it sounds essentially holistic. At times it chimes like the flight of a mysterious spaceshuttle having been on the road more than the average time length of a human generation thus the memories about this one are remarkably blurred, though, some people still believe there might be up such kind of object. In a word, it is a fabulous issue alleviating pain and providing hope for the next days.

Kamikaze Deadboy - Self Titled (2012)

Sirona-Records

9.2

/Crossover, Ambient, Breaks, Plunderphonics, Jungle, Samplecore, Sound collage, Experimental electronica, Musique concrète/ 

Comment: my first experience regarding meeting the arty aspirations of Halifax, the UK-based artist Keiron Ignorant aka Kamikaze Deadboy was related to the album If You Happy, Buy Me on Echoboy Records back in 2008 which was a 22-track dizzy blend of a tremendous array of frenetic breaks, poignant samples and innovative cores. However, he had been issuing a series of releases on Sociopath Recordings at the end of the 2000s either. This time the British musician gets involved in the list of Sirona-Records offering up 8 compositions spreaded out over 28 minutes which used to wobble in between a little lethargic but relieving spatial plateaus (which consist of dreamy and still life depicting soundscapes a la Pan Am, flourishing orchestrations and solemn church songs) and incisive rhythmic frequencies (based mostly on aggressive jungle rhythm sequences). Moreover, these elements are tightly interspersed with concrete sounds (the insects chirr and the frogs croak here and there). In a nutshell, I am very glad that Deadboy is back with a decent album.

Infinite Quazar - Intergalactic Boombox (2012)

  

Sirona-Records

Bandcamp

9.4

/Instrumental hip-hop, Chill out, Cosmic-hop, Mood music, Acid jazz, Trip-hop/

Comment: this batch of short-running tracks (just only one piece will reach the length of more than 2 minutes) takes on instrumental space and innovative, dub-tinged, jazz reflections full of suggestively powerful fringes and endlessly soothing chips, however, without being cloying someway. The listener can discern the subtle contrast inbetween thunderous cadences and otherworldly reverberations pouring out of any slots represented on it. In a word, the result is an impressive one.

John 3:16 - Sinner's Prayer (2011)

Sirona-Records

9.8

/Shoegaze, Psychedelia, Experimental rock, Doom rock, Avant-rock, Krautrock, Motorik, Space rock/

Comment: this issue consists of two lengthy compositions. Both notches are made up of acute, knee-deep psychedelia. The opening track is biased more toward repetition-heavy, krautrock-esque propulsions thus reminiscent of Gong, or Faust`s more jamming space trips. The second track is to be functioned as an example of more brooding, doom-hued fist. In a nutshell, this release can be considered a bridge between reality and subconsciousness, this is an eargasmic experience which might be one of the best outlets ever heard.  

Cyril M. - Démesure Du Vide (2012)

Sirona-Records
Lastfm

9.1

/Noise, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Guitar ambient, Experimental rock, Experimental electronica, Avant-rock, Ambient, Acousmatics, Improvised music/

Comment: there are represented 8 tracks spreaded out over 43 minutes. In any cases, these minutes are highly enjoyable due to its variegating nature and frantic characteristics and masterful accomplishment. In particular, the issue rotates technically around guitars and sound processing and effect blocks - it veers away from arty, arpeggio-induced fingerpicking and improvised hirsute guitar riffs to very noiseful orchestrations a la Glenn Branca, and Tore Elgaroy and otherwise quite straightforward but ultra-heavy rock and roll outbursts and desperate shrieks. Furthermore, at times these sounds are embellished with dashing electronics and witty samples thus providing lots of pleasant dodges and alternate corners.

Pollux - Life.Sound.Alteration.None (2011)

Sirona-Records
Lastfm

9.4

/Dark ambient, Epic, Ambient, Experimental electronica, Minimal, Soundscapes, Ambient noise, Ambient drone, Microtonal/

Comment: Arnaud Barbe is a 23-year-old musician from France who runs the Sirona-Records either. Despite his young age he has been very prolific so far. However, there is represented a set of 17 tracks which comprises epic, monumental washes of (dark) ambient and symphony-blended progressions. Indeed, it is very beautiful in its uplifting power. There can be detected some solemn approaches due to heavy use of the vibes and drones of a cathedral organ. These are very broad, world-wide appearances of sound. Furthermore, the album can be seen as a counterpoint to M83`s aesthetics in the field of ambient and Kosmische Musik. Let`s call it a holistic representative of sphere music. In addition to M83`s sound Barbe`s oeuvre can be compared to the likes of Loscil, Pan American, Daniel Maze, slept. It is impressive by any means.

Golgotha Communication Ltd. - Vindictive Patent Vol. II (2011)

Sirona-Records
Lastfm

9.1

/Post-industrial, Ritual music, Avant-garde, Experimental electronica, Abstract electronica, Minimal, Drone, Repetitronica, Non-music, Illbient/

Comment: Golgotha Communication Ltd. is a Philly-based experimental trio (Josef K-rpovski, Penny Petticoat, GRECO-NORWEGIAN) which can freely be considered a cult combo who have issued a shitloads of tapes, CDRs, and net albums during a lifespan of 11-12 years. Because of including more than 30 tracks the album shall have to be considered a magnum opus of experimental music, however, being strongly influenced by proto-industrial nihilism and murky modulated ambient and electronica as if were surrounded by a huge amount of ghosts and bad memories. In a word, it is a weird shit. GC`s approach is mostly minimalist because of having based on repetitive loops and shapes which seems to be creepy and malignant. On the other side, the trio showcases itself by a more joyous point of view now and then, providing a ritualistic set of bouncy paces in its idiosyncratic manner which used to be far away from possible pop centers, though. At times the concept is relied with hazy ambient flickerings (Orner of the Solar Cankle), or quite conventionally oscillating drone pop (Broad Forth). The album draws parallels upon such occult legends as Big City Orchestra, early Cabaret Voltaire, The Residents, and Coil. A retrofuturistic, politically incorrect statement by any means.

Golden Cloud & O.S.I.S. - Split (2011)

Sirona
Sirona

9.5

/Avant-rock, Drone doom, Split, Ambient, Space rock, Dark ambient, Post-metal, Minimalism, Avant-metal, Guitar ambient, Post-rock, Experimental rock/

Comment: it comprises two long-running sonic explorations (each notch runs a little bit over 15 minutes) hauling the listener in sublime shifts within the trinity of extensive ambient, undulating space rock, and murky post-rock/post-metal/drone doom (O.S.I.S. does take advantage of the last named tendencies in the first place sounding like another version of the music of Sunn O))); the first part of Golden Cloud`s oeuvre reminds of the early period Slowdive`s contemplations). Of course, behind those highly oscillating but minimal layers you can perceive the traces of the likes of Angus Maclise, and La Monte Young and draw parallels upon such artists as Gamardah Fungus, Taiga, A Beautiful Machine, Glenn Branca, Axxonn, A Foggy Realm, Lengua Mortuoria and obviously many more). More detailly, the album growls and whimpers like a banished juggernaut somewhere in the underworld clambering round to find out the path back to the Earth crust. Epic and majestic.

Pollux - Crucial (2011)

Sirona-Records

8.8

/Drum and bass, Illbient, Conceptual, Dystopbient, Avant-industrial, Big beat, Remixes, Avant-garde/

Comment: This 4-pieced remix album comes from France. Here are remixed Godspeed You! Black Emperor`s The Dead Flag Blues - showcasing it as an instance to be adrift on a vista of industrial-filled dystopic ambient/illbient. Moonengineer`s All In Your Hands starts out with slightly diffusive big beat pounding and solemn church organs running this way off into the next one. Indeed, Boards Of Canada`s Corsair gets a drum and bass (actually dream and bass)-dominated coat wrapped in a little more amplified solemnity. µ-ziq`s Fall Of Antioch continues principially in similar vein, yet getting designed through more tense, rumbling rhythmic sequences.

Hlo - Dont Pray For Me (2011)

Sirona-Records
Archive.org

7.5

/Glitch, Glitch-hop, Sampledelica, Bitpop, Noise, Experimentalism, Chiptune, Lobit, Primitivistic music, DIY, Electro-acoustics, Rhythmic noise/

Comment: 7 tracks within16 minutes only. It is essentially as primitivistic music as a sort of anti-pop used to be (I do not think of it in a bad sense, though). However, 8 bit/tracker sound is crossed with low-bit noise which at times gets evolved into rhythmic one or even having acquired the clothes of a kind of club dance sound, on the other side can be perceived for chopped-up vowel experiments and the littered ambience around it.