VIIRGILE – Abandon all hype ye who enter here (2018)

 

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• Electro pop 
• Breakcore 
• Electronic music 
• Alternative dance 
• IDM 
• Experimental electro 
• Glitchtronica

Comment: rusty shrieks, metallic rattles, amplified industrial hisses, incisive digitalised noises which at times are quite hostile are varied with sublime evocative melodies and vivid rhythmic combinations to an exuberant extent within the concept of a playful music production. This 17-notch issue embraces a whole universe of diverse yet integrated cadences, sonic experiments and frantic visions. It is all about how to domesticate austere bleak sonic bits into a tractable blossoming oasis. More profoundly, it used to rotate about an electro dance with an innumerable amount of dodges and branches into such styles as industrial, noise, and glitchtronica. The overwhelming outing is a part of the discography of Vaatican Records.

Oberster Wurstesser vs Sigmund Stella Artois – Schlaue Füchse Und Frömmler (2009)

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• Avant-garde 
• Experimentalism 
• Neoclassical 
• Electronic music 
• Alternative 
• Leftfield 
• Post-industrial 
• Primitive music

Comment: music must be fun and ironic, ear provoking and intense, primitive and accomplished. It should unleash beast from within its nature while being ridiculous and serious at the same time. Vaatican Records has been a good platform for artists with the aforementioned description. Minimal and primitive yet intensely compelling sonic progressions are something up there to prove its power and perseverance through an uncanny point of view which does not calculate for nothing because it takes all possibilities for granted. Absolutely democratic and egalitarian yet at the same time being vanguard and innovative. In truth, pop music as an instance is not represented over there. There are represented a couple of artists with dadaist name whose music can be described as experimental electronic music and there is no need to desperately draw the line between the artists because the purpose of this 5-notch outing is to complement each other with audible minutiae. Furthermore, two tracks are up there as collaborative ones. Even as you hear as different sonic aspects as murky neoclassical progressions and glowering synth droning and quite primitive smouldering within the realm of electronic music as parts of the whole. As if getting information from a broken black box or from other dimension. That's fabulous and horrendous at the same time. In a word, get immersed in it to partake in this glass bead game.

BESTSELLER + FRONCE de BONQUE - "SPLIT N°3 (2009)

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• Broken beats 
• Alternative dance 
• Electronic pop 
• Post-dubstep 
• Sampledelic 
• Hip-hop 
• Electro pop

Comment: this bunch of 12 compositions is a split release being issued by an intriguing record label, Vaatican Records. Behind the split are FRONQUE de BONQUE, and BESTSELLER, the both of them delivering 6 compositions. There are many ways of how to approach the whole but I would prefer to describe generic mood and appearance of it. Given that the artists' aesthetic is quite similar. First of all, the release came out in the end of 2009 and my proposition is it happened to be ahead of its time. By my opinion it's a sort of pop music though a tricky one. It is filled in with different sorts of broken beats which in turn are (heavily) imbued with digitalised soul music, hip-hop glimpses, slightly haphazard breakbeat torrents, oval-shaped sampledelic art, and even post-dubstep rhythms though the style was not publicised at that time yet. Furthermore, at I Got Your Keys by FRONQUE de BONQUE one can consider it a weird twist of free jazz. Another composition which must be heard is Singapore by BESTSELLER. Very impressive indeed. However, there are no weak compositions on it. These 53 minutes are to have passed by very quickly due to the high rate dynamic flow of exciting bits and beats. Perfect accomplishment.

Kirk Cosby – Dreams In The Absence Of Oxygen (2011)

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• Experimentalism 
• Sound collage 
• Sampledelic 
• Avant-garde 
• Plunderphonics

Comment: these 6 pieces within a 45 minute are up there to unhinge and irritate a listener. Of course, it is a glorious whole made up of original samples though these samples used to come out from very disparate sources. From spoken word ones to more tranquil electronic sounds, moody jazz samples and earnest singing and on the other side you can perceive monotonous drumming and short wave frequencies and austere hiss extractions to be added to this informative melting pot. Of course, mention must be given to other minutiae as well you can hear in the mix. Recently I reviewed The Fucked Up Beat`s brand new one Insomnie which may be similar to it. Especially at Stimuli Unconsciously, and asdf Space you can perceive parallels with it. Otherwise the whole chimes in a more haphazard, in a more convulsive way. It can be described as an instance of disruptive and insubordinate music. From earlier times with regard to the artists it bears a resemblance with the likes of People Like Us, and Ergo Phizmiz. In the absence of oxygene I guess dreams come first for some minutes and then to be ready to die thereafter. But you should relax (by citing one of the phrases from the issue). The tricky outing is a part of the discography of mind-provoking imprint Vaatican Records.

Mila Severtseva – Lony EP (2015)

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/Experimental electronica, IDM, Experimental techno, Abstract techno/

Comment: I feel many associations are truly sympathetic considering this 4-track issue. I like the way the electronic sound is being produced nowadays. Just take some samples and rhythmic cadences and process them heavily through the sonic filters and looping machines. For instance, at Eir Eelin` the artist exploits a sample of the doorbell to develop and build up the whole track on it. Secondly, I like the role the women enact in the electronic music today. Vampire Weekend, Julia Holter, Maria Minerva, Laurel Halo etc.  Mila Severtseva, however, can particularly be discriminated in one compartment with such IDM/experimental techno/glitched-out techno artists as Zavoloka, adamned.age, AGF. Thirdly, she comes out of Saint Petersburg, the northern capital of Russia which is a beautiful city. In overall, the electronic music is up there to provide endless possibilities for real and potential musicians nowadays. The other tracks by Severtseva within the EP are embellished with clockwork-alike sounds and lethargic rhythms in abstract terms or running quite balmy though often wound up with machine gun near frequencies and glitched-out threads which are emphatically twisted from its original bits. Dig out this nascent EP for yourself and your neighbours. 

Vaatican Records - "Sampler N°30" (2014)

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/Experimental electronica, Leftfield, Psyambient, Sampledelic, Glitchtronica, Breakcore/

Comment: it is highly likeable to listen to this menarche of 20 tracks by different artists on Vaatican Records. By listening to these pieces of art you can perceive something fairly special coming through these compositions on the imprint. It does not matter when rough breaks and glitch loaded frequencies and freaked-out sound collages and sample infused noisy electro pop appearances are variegated with more moody psychedelic ambient and emotive electronica propulsions and cinematic break explorations. It might be the ideas based beneath these forms are set up in the way to keep close to each other, i.e having no big gap between each other. There are represented such artists as Chors Blor, Pagale, Timon Simplar, Muimuitikiti, Crackzilla, Bradley The Buyer, Rappeur Qualitè Prix, Vlooper, Age2.1, A Ghost In The Way, Steradd, Haruki Tamesue, Paq, Steve E. Denver,Delzoid, Cobra (avec Logo Panthère), Blue Cat Cinema. There are the masters at work indeed.       

Optms Prme – Music To Grow Plants (2014)

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/Deep techno, Electronic pop, New Age, Poptronica, Electro pop, Sampledelic, Easy listening/

Comment: interestingly, Optms Prme`s release title reminds me of one Estonian band`s name, Music For Your Plants. Moreover, there exist even some parallels which could be drawn upon both artist`s music. However, Optms Prme`s 3-track issue is a friendly listening experience thanks to sonic dodges and crossed aspects therefore creating something truly mottled and diverse – from oneiric techno progressions and aquatic new age-y visions to bubblegum-spawned electro pop frequencies and spaced-out electronic faeries. Actually it is truly convincing how the artist gets right to fulfil the promise to move from one crease to another with such easiness and in a seamless way. This was the first insight of mine into the discography of Vaatican Records which seems to be fairly intriguing.