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11/12/2017

[Teaser of the day] Kirk Cosby - Advancement Opportunities


  • Avant-garde
  • Freeformfreakout
  • Sampledelic
  • Spoken word
  • Experimentalism
  • Electronic music
  • Plunderphonics
  • Experimental electronica
  • Sound collage

Artist: Kirk Cosby
Label: Vaatican
Year: 2011

The Bordellos – Gary Glitter e.p (2016)



  • Alternative rock 
  • Indie rock 
  • Post-punk 
  • Art punk 
  • Experimental rock 
  • Art rock 
  • Alternative dance 
  • DIY 
  • Americana 
  • Lo-fi

Comment: it is probably one of the most favourite releases by The Bordellos for me where the soaring dynamics through raw sounds and vivid dodges comes to the surface. It is like The Fall meets Faust in a way. Beaming galvanised guitars and subtle electronics are mingled with sassy vocals and singing manner. Furthermore, having been very characteristic to The Bordellos throughout the discography they used to add fragmented Americana influences to the mix. But not only – the whole Free Download Generation as a track chimes like a piss out Americana pickup on clumsy folk and awkward rockabilly. The most uncanny track is Disco Pants with the offbeat frequency in the rhythmic measure being accompanied by acidic electronics and gravity-free singing as if produced by the unforgettable Arthur Russell. I don`t even know is it either a dance track or an anti-dance statement. In a word, give a heck to it because it will transport you somewhere else from this nowadays overproduced and overloaded pop rock to some very roots of rock and punk music with its own idiosyncratic touch.

Thuoom – Circadian (2017)



  • Ambient 
  • Soundscape 
  • Avant-garde 
  • Experimentalism 
  • Electronic music 
  • Minimalism

Comment: the term "circadian" does mean of relating to biological processes at 24-hour interval. I guess the main adjectives to describe the process are iterative, analogous, unvarying and consistent. The Finnish artist's 10-notch release is thought to illustrate it through the language of sounds. Minimally changing elements and rhythmical impulses within Thuoom's breathing and organic universe. There are up a thousands of ambient releases worldwide but Thuoom's power is to find out an idiosyncratic slot within it. Of course, I have described it a little bit in a negative and artificial manner because I don't think altogether his premise is to face off against someone's music; instead of it his plan is to think off his own sound in an organic and natural way. In general, he employs natural and artificial electronic sounds to bound them together which in turn adds a breathing and thereby mystical substance to the whole (by that point the outing can be compared with such an artist as Alio Die). As the artist's previous issues the recent one has been issued on his own imprint Textural Healing. Quite simple by its initial elements to embark on yet highly impressive by establishing the album as a whole.

The Peach Tree – The Peach Tree (2010)



  • Synthwave 
  • Goth synth 
  • Alternative rock 
  • Industrial rock 
  • Electro rock 
  • Synth-rock 
  • Electronic music 
  • World fusion 
  • Hard rock 
  • Singer-songwriter 
  • Dark wave

Comment: The Peach Tree is the solo project of Angus Maiden whose is being known as a Melbourne, Australian maverick in sonic creation. An indie man with more heavy leanings in aesthetic preferences. Throughout the course of 12 tracks the listener can perceive this stylistically wobbling enterprise based mostly on the industrial rock template. In a word, boxy guitars and set-up machine rhythms are intertwined with electronic layers and loaded boats of electrified energy. Yet his grip is remarkably broader due to dodges into murky dungeon synthesiser realm and fragmented and convulsive world music (a fascinating composition called Ganesh) and also riff-based hard rock at Blind. Furthermore, On A River is a profound insight into a beatific moment while spending your time being far away from the civilization and being affected by the natural elements as one's genuine brothers only. Place Of Out is a drift between the aforementioned dungeon industrial progressions and muffled storytelling. Just an acoustic guitar and one phrase singing are up there as a way to partake in meditation being backed up by an atmospheric synthesised layer. In a word, it is a solid glimpse into Angus Maiden's versatile world. It will take you by surprise even if you are listening to it a third or fourth time in a row. It unveils many sonic surprises followed by other ones and ultimately you can perceive the fine balance between the technical and moody side. That's all what we need from a decent music outing.

11/11/2017

Viktor Van River – Triumph of Unconscious (2017)



  • Sampledelic 
  • Hip-hop 
  • Breaks 
  • Urban music 
  • Rap 
  • Chilltronica 
  • Mood music 
  • Trip-hop 
  • Ambient pop

Comment: this swarm of 10 tracks cannot be considered a triumph of unconsciousness only, it is a triumph of music, it is a triumph of voluptuous listening sensations. While listening to it I watched a football match from the TV on mute and the play seemed to be even more attractive. It seemed to be consisting of dynamics while being framed by the nature of still life. That's cool. It chimes partly like the upload of a Moon Safari yet it is a different case eventually due to conveying cosmic electro impulses to the listener`s head. It is an example of very up-to-date pop music which is not going to age in the future. The ending track Word is a decent bow toward Tricky and his Pre-Millenium Tension (1996). Undoubtedly it has been one of the most enchanting issues in 2017 so far and beyond that not being the first entrance by an excellent imprint, blocSonic being added to the list. Viktor Van River is the one-man-project of Viktor Chuprin from Kazakhstan (by the way, it is an immensely better way spending your time rather than watching loathing Borat).

Zelde 743 – Dark Intense EP (2017)



  • Acid techno 
  • Dubtronica 
  • Acid house 
  • Electronic music 
  • Alternative dance 
  • Psychedelic 
  • Post-rave

Comment: I insistently recommend listen to this 3-track outing because it is so fluffy and deep at the same time. Indeed, approximately 20 years ago the last named adjective was employed to describe deep house, and deep techno, for instance. With regard to the term “techno” the set is strongly imbued with acid techno and house influences having been popular in the UK approximately 25-30 years ago. Let`s call it post-rave music. The warehouses are demolished but the memories of them are still up there though slightly blurred and thereof mixed up with other genres either (for instance, the dub influence is also represented over there). The beat is straightforward and loud and psychedelic as if setting out the plan to re-create a new dance revolution. In a nutshell, it is a fairly pleasant listening time being commissioned by Illogical Kit Netlabel. Zelde 743 is a duo from Poland who already started off in the eighties.

[Teaser of the day] Wochtzchèe - Rongad



  • Experimental electronica
  • Ambient techno
  • Dub techno
  • Epic
  • Crossover
  • Ambient dub

Artist: Wochtzchèe
Label: Ulmeplaadid/Bandcamp
Year: 2006

[Teaser of the day] Claudio Nuñez - End of A Story


  • Improvised music
  • Avant-garde
  • Jazz
  • Experimentalism

Release: End of A Story 
Label: Black Square
Year: 2013

11/10/2017

[Teaser of the day] V - Fresh Off My Flesh


  • Vaporwave
  • Seapunk
  • Witch house
  • Drag house
  • Alternative
  • Electronic music

Artist: V
Year: 2017

[Teaser of the day] Walt Thisney - Discipline


  • Ambient 
  • Avant-garde
  • Modern classical
  • Piano music
  • Mood music
  • Electronic music
  • Crossover
  • Post-classical
  • Experimentalism
  • Chamber music
  • Epic

Artist: Walt Thisney
Release: Spektro  
Label: Petroglyph
Year: 2017