Chromelodeon - The Final Recordings (2007/2008)

iimusic

9.3

/Psychedelia, Alternative, Progressive rock, Avant-rock, Experimental rock, Electronic, Electro-rock, Fusion/

Comment: Chromelodeon was a frantic, 8-piece instrumental music group from Philadelphia which by their vanguard-ish intention and vision could be compared with the likes of Black Moth Super Rainbow, and The Octopus Project. More concretely, as the title of the album refers it is their final album which, by the way, was recorded live in 2005. Heavily acidic synthesizer-driven notches are fringed with intense, hysteric sort of drumming. At times the listener can hear sparse, 8-bit alike electronic bits below those massive, psychedelic synth washes and overdriving synthetic effects, which, however, is not surprising because the combo was known for covering video game themes. Indeed, it is their swan song, though, a very decorous one.

Iqtu - Embarrasing Triangle (2008)

iimusic
Bandcamp
Lastfm

8.7

/Electronic pop, Experimental electronica, IDM, Glo-fi, Mood music/

Comment: these 13 tracks take on warm, IDM-tinged electronica and electronic pop respectively. It is instrumental and mostly mid-tempo. Such sort of simple and unpretentious explorations used to have impact on you while running on it the background and step by step raising your spirit. Now and then it disjoints from its usual core, offering up more blissed-out progressions. For instance, the self-titled track. That`s very great. Iqtu is James Zdrowski, a producer from Boulder, Colorado, who had been active in the second half of 00`s. He is also known as Ontagon.

[Artistid] Julian Winter

Julian Winter
Myspace
Lastfm