Hardman Bros - Pleasure Crimes (2007)

Umor Rex

Lastfm

9.3

/Blues rock, Electronic pop, Experimental, Psychedelic, Avant-blues/

Comment: this batch of 15 tracks showcases a sort of disintegrated blues rock wherein some parts of it are detuned and cut up to get involved in the electronic approach. It does mean that some sections of rough guitar explorations are diluted in the mold of glitch-y effects, atmospheric endeavors. Moreover, there are some tracks being devoid of blues-y spirit and format, however, just preferring to create instances of mellow electronic-induced psychedelic pop. Despite these divergent elements floating around the result reveals its coherence and integral heterogeneity. In a word, the album can be tagged as "bluestronic" or "deconstructed blues".       

Felix Building - Sans Nostalgie (2006)

Umor Rex

Lastfm 

9.4

/Indietronica, Post-rock, Experimentalism, Leftfield, Alternative, Electro-acoustic, Electronic pop/

Comment: this set of 6 tracks is a multi-faceted one comprising the angles of indie electronica, poppy yet whimsical electronic compositions, and more rushing, even abrasive endeavors and devouring propulsions (something like chiptune-alike stuff), however, all of that is seamlessly imbued with layers which can be described as "experimental" (containing the elements of electro-acoustic, restrained noise, mechanical post-rock each of them either stands alone or are interlaced with each other).  

Kaboom Karavan - Short Walk with Olaf (2007)

Umor Rex

• Experimental rock
• Improvised music
• Chamber rock
• Avant-rock
• Post-rock
• Psychedelic 
• Electro-acoustic
• Drone rock

Oh No Nuno! - Got Soul Go Fight (2010)

Scribble Kite
Umor Rex

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• Alternative pop
• Experimental pop
• Leftfield
• Experimental indie
• Indietronica
• Sunshine pop
• Lo-fi
• Easy listening
• Post-rock
• Baroque pop
• Chamber pop
• Alternative
• Neokrautrock
• Poptronica

Yeyo Moroder - Yeyo Moroder (2006)

Umor Rex

9.4

/Krautrock, Lo-fi, Psychedelia, Crossover, Avant-rock, Experimental indie, Experimental rock, Psych-folk/

Comment: The Mexican Gerardo Monsivais aka Yeyo Moroder`s 9-piece album is about how motorik can be twined with lo-fi-tinged folk and indie music in excellent way. More profoundly, all these offbeat repetitions, chopped-up effects, noisy yet spatial feedbacks are set up in a way to create a lopsided whirlpool involving the legacy of the likes of CAN, and Faust (though, the traces of the latter may be perceived even more). Furthermore, the listener can be a part of the fingerpicking of American Primitivism and shoegaze music. All in all, the result is excellent. The issue was released in 2006 on Umor Rex, an Mexican imprint.

Dad Lipsticks - Awakening 2007-2010 (2011)

Umor Rex

8.7

/Primitive pop, Primitronica, 8-bit, Folktronica, Chiptune, Crososver, DIY, Hip-hop, Experimental electronica, Sampledelic, Musique concrète, Lo-fi, Electronic pop/

Comment: on the Myspace site of Dad Lipsticks the soundscape of him is described as idiots kissing. If these are about kissing then they are essentially very short kisses (37 notches in all). The tracks do chime almost as angular and low bit-ish as chiptune music used to do. In fact, electro pop is mixed up with chiptune numbers at times. I would entitle it as a sort of clockwork electronica where cannot be overrated the factor of original sounds. Onward, weird bonds with hip-hop, power-drenched electronica, folk and more dream-filled layers, however, it displays its indecisiveness because of having had no certain direction to be chosen. Yet, the ultimate result of it seems to be intricate and pleasant simultaneously.

Human Elephant - Owner Without A Dog EP (2010)

Umor Rex

8.7

/Post-punk, Goth rock, Psychedelia, Dark pop, Singer-songwriter, Experimental pop/

Comment: In comparison with John Edward Donald`s previous work, however, some new influence lines can be admitted. For instance, dark folk influences are mainly replaced with post-punk/gothic and introspective psychedelia. So you can compare it freely with Joy Division and The Doors respectively. Indeed, it is an impressive journey into the past evoking lots of memories from your subconsciousness.

Deadman - Cerebral Frontier (2010)

Umor Rex

9.3

/Experimental folk, Indie folk, Folk indie, Eletronic, Folk noir, Alt-folk, Drone folk, Avant-folk, Baroque folk/

Comment: The Belfast-based musician Jason Mills aka Deadman`s 6-track submission does include oozing-droning folk chords and minimally designed fingerpicked folk formats and whistling careless pop and more or less murky experimental folk/indie pop and orchestrated folk appearances and near-dance occurences and some air-filled attacks from the outer space. Produced by David Baxter aka Filaria. Indeed, it is a near-brilliant workout/or an obscure one as it was used to say in past times.

[Artistid] Molloy and his bike

Myspace
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[Vana ning oluline] Cagey House Elephant Orange (Umor Rex)

Suurepärane 11-looline reliis David Keifer`ilt Mehhiko leibli Umor Rex`i alt. Album, mille ta üllitas 4 aastat tagasi, ennustades ette Cagey House`i hilisemaid, puhtalt sämplipõhiseid teoseid ("Lark"; "1902"; oma pärisnime all salvestatud "The Cartoon Mouse Regards"). See album pärineb veel sellest ajast, kui ameeriklane oli Fruit Loops`i heeros ning iseloomustas oma saundi elektrooniliste vahenditega mängitud rockmuusikana. "Elephant Orange" on väärikas osa space age music/exotica pop-fiilingust, kõlades lõõgastavalt ning ajatult. Õieti võiks seda nimetada kui space ageless pop. Mõnusad psühhedeelsed elektronsaundid, happelised harmooniad, distinktsed meloodiad. Killereid on mitu - nimilugu, samuti saffron steps, swanko backway, bebe ebullient, tin star vs. the mikado. Muide, kahtlustasin, et bebe ebullient`i näol maksab Keifer tribuuti Bebe Barron`ile - ruumipopi ühele suurimale staarile -, enne kui ameeriklane konkreetsel juhul minu kahtlused hajutas. Kuigi nii mõelda ka ei ole vale, seda enam, et Barron`i-paari muusikast peab ta väga lugu. Ka ülejäänud lood on meisterlikud, kuigi rõhuasetus näib rohkem struktuuril ning heliefektidel baseeruvat.

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[Artistid] Cagey House/Dave Keifer

Cagey House
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