Kaagootaabaa – From The Highest Of The High To The Lowest Of The Low (2013)

YIP! Records

• Lo-fi 
• DIY 
• Outsider pop 
• Bedroom pop 
• Singer-songwriter 
• Synth-punk 
• Primitive music 

John Kaggot käägutab klahvpilli ja jorutab oma joru. Jorutab nii madalal toonil, et on raske sisu evida. Ilmselt midagi rõõmsameelset on sealt raske eeldada. Pigem on album artisti depressiooni ja raske elu väljendamise vahend ning masenduse maandamise varras. Lisaks kasutab vägisõnu (ega`s ta varasemad-hilisemad albumid tonaalsuselt kuigi ei erine). Saund on selline, et Daniel Johnston'i muusika tundub selle kõrval kohati hi-fi'na. Peab tunnistama, et ega ta kuigi palju variatsioonidega ei uhkelda (ehk ei olegi nii vähe kui esmapilgul paistab). Pigem albumi pealkirja teine pool peab paika – ollakse sügavas oru põhjas, ent kus siiski on piisavalt ruumi manööverdada. Aga sellele kõigele vaatamata on selles albumis oma võlu - ehk just tänu sellele valule, st valust tingitud apaatsusele ja närvetumisele. Stiililiselt kirjeldaksin seda (äärmiselt) madala profiiliga süntpungina. Ehk toob see artistile naeratuse – veel parem kui lausa naerulagina – huulile, et nimetasin teda laulukirjutajaks. 

7.0 (6.0-7.5)

Kaagootaabaa - From The Highest Of The High To The Lowest Of The Low (2013)

Yip 

8.4

/DIY, Lo-fi, Bedroom pop, Primitronica, Psychedelic/

Comment: this batch of 7 tracks is very tightly and obviously deliberately related to the aesthetics of DIY and lo-fi composition. More profoundly, it comprises mumbling singing, clumsy keyboard shuffles and stumbling, inexact rhythms below it. However, those ethereal synthesizer passages and frequent changes in pace patterns create some impact on the listener. Behind this project hides himself John Kaggot, and his electronic keyboard.   

Leonard Talks To His Rifle - Disgusting Fatbody (2012)

Yip!

8.8

/Psych-rock, DIY, Goregrind, Psycho-acoustic, Lo-fi, Non-music, Anti-rock, Noise, Avant-garde, Black metal, Blues rock, Experimentalism/

Comment: this album involves an enormous amount of tracks, though, most of them are just short snippets or interludes. However, stylistically it is a heavy shit filled with reverb-heavy or harsh noise attacks, some black metal, drone doom and goregrind forays, blues-tinged bleak explorations and psyched-out punk/rock sounds. Indeed, you should check out for other issues on Yip! Records either. By the way, Dead Ken Frilly aka Llednek Veneris aka LTTHR does cover such artists as Melvins, Led Zeppelin, and Kaagootaabaa on it.