Convex Mancave - Atomic Blonde In E (2011)

Tavern Eightieth
Bandcamp
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9.1

/Guitar ambient, Post-rock, Space rock, Epic, Ambient noise, Minimalism, Avant-garde, Experimentalism/

Comment: this album (actually just one track turning off at the length of 21 minutes) provides at the first sight brutal kind of noise-infiltrated, dirty ambient or, on the other hand, a spatial yet bristled post-rock outlet (as you wish it to be categorized for). Behind those deliberately hiss-laden layers you can hear microscopic yet impressive changes in harmonies, almost invisible shades of melodies (indeed, at a time your imagination starts to work). In a word, the release is about permanent pulsations, ghastly phases and their modulations. Convex Mancave is the collaboration act of Matthew Collings, Chris Tenz, and Greyhound Out Of Mainline.

[Old but important] Etrethn EP (Tavern Eightieth)

By concerning on for listening to music this very purpose is not only related to wholly hedonistic consideration to be enjoyed. Its side task is to discover small music communities and movements within the vast music business circuit, acknowledge them and integrate them into a broader system of the music community. Nowadays, because of the expansive popularity of different virtual social environments (Facebook, Twitter etc) it is not only the task and straining of the music critics anymore.

Maybe you can remember for I had overviewed such a Leeds-based vanguard dream folk musician as Michael Waters aka Model Warships recently, who is known by his uncountable collaborations and side projects and his constructive relationship with certain labels like Tavern Eightieth and BeatIsMurder as well.

One of such cooperations by Waters is Shi Toys with Edward Trethowan (also the British) whose doings are concerned on the likes of Anva, An Insection, and Etrethn (yet obviously misunderstood by myself how to spell it, though). Trethowan`s action with Etrethn can be viewed on the one issue only. However, merely named as EP (of 6 tracks within 29 minutes) it is really worth to pay much attention for it. As the basic processing peak, a fine and calculated interplay between noise, kinds of pulsations and psycho-acoustic ambiences, and throbbing industrial-alike rhythms can be detected here. By my opinion, as a speculative exercise the EP might be divided into two sections, correspondingly, consisting of first five tracks, and the last (and the most extended) one Shackracing.7, which is an omnipotent case of magnificient, epic ambient noise/cadencic space rock/ambient techno monstrum.

Listen to it here

[Artists] Etrethn

Tavern Eightieth
Myspace
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[Artists] Modern Warships

Model Warships/Bandcamp
Tavern Eightieth
BeatIsMurder
Myspace
Lastfm