Magic Places - 2071 EP (2011)

Mediafire

9.3

/Club dance, Deep techno, Electronic pop, Avant-dance, Experimental dance, Cosmic pop, Space synth/

Comment: I made an extract from the following text I have found at Lastfm. Magic Places were form from void some-time in late 2005, when citizen-scientist Paul M. Goerner began to amass a respectable collection of volunteers, some electronic and some biologic, in the anticipation of experimenting with deep space transmission. Indeed, it sounds like pop music in 2071, based upon hypnotic dance cadences, acid-fried synth lines, chopped-up vocal flutterings, high-energized breakbeat-meets-motorik techno strikes, all of which is supplemented by synth lines with cosmic echoes, angelic women voices and much more else. in a nutshell, though all the whole can be considered a part of club dance entertainment, however, the album seems to have some special off-kilter angles and peculiar attitudes to be elevated beyond the recent time and location. A case of experimental club dance indeed.

Sunshower Orphans - Avenue Abyss (2011)

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State Capital
Lastfm

7.8

/Shoegaze, Noe-psychedelia, Dance rock, Crossover, Electronic, Poptronica/

Comment: On their sophomore album the NY-based quartet Sunshower Orphans is used to follow a kind of formula within the basic spot is directed upon dream-alike shoegaze/nugaze sound (like Soundpool, for instance) which often meets with Animal Collective-influenced exultant pop peaks, and at times with danceable neo-psychedelia a la Yearsayer. Although an interesting issue on its own, however, it does lack a (minor) teaser from the roster unfortunately. Or a track called Public Pool Daze would have some hints at bigger potential yet?

jgrzinich – time’s arrow landing (1998/2009)

Maaheli
Lastfm

9.7

/Abstract, Found sound, Drone, Ambient, Musique concrete, Ambient drone, Sound-art, Experimentalism, Non-music, Acousmatic, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Microtonal, Minimalism/

Comment: John Grzinich comes from USA, though, having shared the residing place between his native country and Estonia during the last years respectively. However, besides being a builder of amplified piano wire instruments he is known as an avid music enthusiast, theorist-philosopher, sound-artist and the organizer of different installations and workshops.

This set of 4 long-running tracks has managed to running on ambient approach, concrete sound-relied fibrillatings and elementally droning hiss-backed sonic tissues (generated with an old sine wave compressor), however, either being lopsided toward different parts or being "pliable" enough to be overgrown into each other at times. All in all, the release seems to be searching for a transitional area between the nature and machines, however, cleansing a listener`s mood and bringing into order his/her thoughts.

Native Bells - Lost in the Sky (2011)

CLLCT
Bandcamp
Mediafire

9.2

/Avant-garde, Doo wop, No Wave, Psychedelia, New Weird America, Acousmatic, Sampledelic, Cut and paste, Experimentalism, Sound collage, Avant-electronica/

Comment: Native Bells (by listening to it, however, I have a permanent temptation to name it as Native Belle) is a New York-based project having played out one of the most refreshing albums of the year 2011 to date. They have managed to specialize in concept records and extended plays making out Faust-esque rhythm structures, Free Design-hued doo wop and a capella choppiness, careless jazz overthrows, carnival whirls and curves, cock-eyed pace outbursts, vanguard electronica/experiments with sine waves, lush ethno/sampledelica notches, in a nutshell juxtaposing all the stuff off somewhere against Animal Collective and Gang Gang Dance and krautrock and plunderphonics and BBC Radiophonic Workshop and the No Wave tradition. People let`s dance.

The Satellite Eye - Animal (2009)

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Lastfm

8.7

/Alt-folk, Indie folk, Folk indie, Singer-songwriter/

Comment: This is the 4-track leadoff EP by the singer-songwriter Bryan Dalle Molle introducing some fine themes of folk music augmented by indie-alike attributs. Suggestive guitar grounds are accompanied by slightly noisy or sunshiny progressions and tapping sounds. Mostly the whole is used to be restrainted, sometimes exploding into a floating wide-scaled choruses veering from introspective minor key outlook to mirthy appearances. The favorite of mine is Consequent through its jubilant rolling. All in all, it is a simple yet effusive effort which was recorded in Molle`s basement.

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Multi-Panel - Retain Mist (2011)

No-Source
Lastfm

9.2

/Folktronica, Electronic, Indietronica, Experimental indie, Indie pop/

Comment: This is Ludo Maas`s fourth release and his second for the No-Source label. However, similarly to his previous workouts the Dutch is not dispensed with limber and mesmerizing electronic-infused folk and indie tunes which sometime sprout, having the growth and subsequently evolving into an orchestrated form of the beauty which being segmented with full- and half-tones and variegated with mirthy and murky shades. And assisted by Pien Feith, of course.

Phillip Wilkerson - New Smyrna (2008)

Clinical Archives

9.5

/Ambient, Downtempo, IDM, Experimental electronica, Minimal electronica, Avant-electronica/

Comment: The US-based producer/musician Phillip Wilkerson started off his recording career in the ending part of 2005 since it being very profilic, i.e having issued more than 10 releases during this short-running timespan. However, this production of 12 tracks refects upon vigorous progressive music ideas within the realm of ambient- and IDM-based experiments. Most of the tracks are used to be long-running ones, toying with minimalist changes, austere grooves and repeated patterns, which at times will develop into full-scaled hypnotic treats. Moreover, it is really tense and gets growing to the point where it is problematic to distinguish the "real" sounds from the manipulations of your consciousness. A high-qualified output indeed.

Teepee - Morals (Deluxe Edition) (2011)

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Lastfm

9.2

/Avant-garde, Psych-music, Avant-rock, Lo-fi, New Weird America, Psychedelia, Experimentalism, Post-psychedelic electronica, DIY, Drone/

Comment: Behind Teepee is in Miami residing Eric Lopez-Zareno who swings behind electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, drum machines, and flutes. Lopez-Zareon`s sound can be considered as a part of the New Weird America movement, though, if this way it would be a peripherical side of this movement. Besides it there can be detected for tough lo-fi attitude (and pop inside it in the vein of R Stevie Moore), psyched-out rock, tape manipulations and delay- and reverb-drunken experiments, reserved psychedelia, atmospherical lineages and droning sound loops. All in all, it is a kind of nowadays vanguard music having apparent appeal toward pop-induced realms. Zeitgeist music, what else could it be regarded for?

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