Mushroom's Patience - Weird Monsters (2011)

Atro-Fact

8.4

/Electronic pop, Post-punk, Experimental pop, New Age, Art-rock, Dark pop, Progressive/

Comment: Dither Craf aka Raffaele Cerroni delivers a bunch of sphere-filled electronic sounds and New Age-like flute sections apparently drenched with rock/post-punk attitude and darkwave-ish experimentalism, which subsequent classification might be a bit problematic. The favorite of mine is Morel (remixed) - (The spirit of the mountain) which reminds me of The Cure`s Picture Of You. Still, by its main attention it is more close to Durutti Column.

The Sunshine Family - The Sunshine Family (2004)

Hippocamp

8.8

/Experimental electronica, Cinematic, Chillout, Downtempo, Nu jazz/

Comment: The Manchester-based label Hippocamp had been active since 2003, before deciding to finish off their duties in 2009. They released circa 200 albums during this 6-year time lapse, much of them yet waiting to be discovered in the future. There is one, 5-track issue which does flutter between the velvet-covered chords of cinematic (nu jazz) tunes and rhythm-backed ambient (downtempo) numbers. In the ending track can be heard even some funky jazz flowings and undefinable recordings from a distance. At the most time the whole is used to hack around lazily thereby making itself out as a pleasant laid-back output.

Ecovillage - Beko_80 (2011)

Beko DSL

9.3

/Ambient, Post-rock, Dream pop, Chamber rock, Post-rock, Organic electronica, Musique concrete, Progressive/

Comment: Emil Holmström and Peter Wikström aka the Swedish duo Ecovillage started out in 2006 and since it having been blending dreamy soundscapes consisting of chamber rock/post-rock, shoegaze, ambient, organic electronica, found sounds. Of course, they are not being an example of arty-farty artists, being skillful on driving out of beatific progressions, bringing forth of diverse segments and managing them seamlessly fall into each other.

Simon Bird - Simon Bird Sampler (2011)

Simon Bird

9.0

/Avant-garde, Avant-rock, Experimental electronica, Electronic, Neo-psychedelia/

Comment: A DIY-musician from Dublin, Ireland, having re-edited some song versions from his previous EPs. Indeed, here are availabled 4 tracks only, all of which are used to come forth through massive bass stompings, circling synth chords, electronic insertions, epic progressions, abrasive guitar riffs and something else, in a nutshell, coming quite close to such experimental electronic rock acts as Fuck Buttons, Black Dice, and Battles.

WMRI - Voices Of Space (2006/2009)

Jamendo
Lastfm

8.4

/Electronic pop, Kosmische musik, Cosmic pop, Synth pop, Robopop, Progressive/

Comment: This 15-track notch comes from Moscow, Russia, reflecting upon fine configurations of spacious synth tunes, electronic pop, robopop (Kraftwerk`s Radioactivity), more concretely, blasting out torrents of unleashed high-chord synths a la Tangerine Dream and krautrock-esque developments (Can`s Tape Kebab).

Sosos - Abigail (2006)

Bandcamp
Sosos

8.6

/Indie folk, Alt-folk, Psychedelic folk, Folk indie, Chamber folk/

Comment: This is a fine set of calm-sensed and impetus-driven tracks respectively based on folk tunes yet because of its adjacent elements it is not quite ordinary songwriting though. Sosos is a 5-pieced US-group which uses variable elements to enrich their soundscape, more detailly, using psychedelic keyboard passages, gospel-tuned backdrops, and orchestrated, baroque-esque progressions. Thereby the album can be considered as an instance of roots music adapted over to the borders of nowadays situation. Quite similar to Wilco indeed.

EDASI - Die Lügenrächer

The Dark Side of the Moon - The 8-bit Album (2011)

Pterodactyl Squad

8.2

/Chiptune, 8-bit, Conceptual, Experimental electronica, Console music, Tracker music/

Comment: So now it is done. The Pink Floyd`s classic album Dark Side Of The Moon in the full format is covered by chiptune artists like Bit_Rat, Khades, Videogame Orchestra, Echosignal and many others. More concretely, the music on this release was created using sounds from various old games consoles including the Sega Mega Drive and Nintendo Game Boy. By depending on the special sonic characteristics of chiptune sounds, however, the cover versions do sound more rigid and austere, though, on the other side, it has more acid-filled/psychedelic angle in comparison with original ones. An interesting try nevertheless.

Dmitriy Rodionov Experience - Learn To Keep Silence From Trees (2009)

Circlesandlines

9.0

/Experimentalism, Ambient, Avant-garde, Dark ambient, Musique concrete, Avant-industrial, Ambient drone/

Comment: Different subgenres of ambient meet drone meets sound effects-samples (pounding metal, hazy moaning, reverbed metallic sounds, avant-electronics) meets concrete sounds, all of this is forged off by the Russian experimental musician-guitarist Dmitriy Rodionov. Of course, difference on the stylistic level could not have made out any sense if there were no interesting patterns (looping sounds, repeated motives, differentiated guitar playings) and tensity at all. Especially great momentums can be found out at Transformator. On the contrary, this would be a lopsided recommentation regarding the greatness of the whole album.

Our Ceasing Voice - The Inevitable Fall