Uberlulu - La Fin Du Paquet (2009)

Uberlulu

8.6

/Avant-garde, Classical, Experimental electronica, Weird pop, Crossover, Breaks/

Comment: Uberlulu is a frisky artist coming out from France, being obviously influenced by the dadaist experiments, Californian (less and more) pop avant-garde (Negativeland, The Residents, Big City Orchestra), nihilistic old school industrial music (Cabaret Voltaire, Zoviet France, Throbbing Gristle etc) and apparently much more else. In addition to, the concepts have played a huge role in its music. However, you have excellent chance to see the connections between Uberlulu and those abovementioned artists because of being highly profilic over the last years. This is a two-track single, showing up sultry and easy beat-induced progressions simultaneously, and classical/baroque-drenched weirdness which is spiced up with metallic ticking and barely audible droning beneath it. All in all, it is just a piece of cake (and of course not the best one) for to figure out Uberlulu`s whole configuration.

Tudo de Volta - Eu não

kIRk - About Simple Things EP (2009)

kIRk

9.3

/Hip-hop, Trip-hop, Jazz, Nu Jazz, Breakbeat, Crossover, Urban music, Experimental/

Comment: This fascinating 5-track EP was initially released by the 16 Wersòw label in 2009. Now it can be grabbed from the band`s site only. And it is really worth to do it. Variegated trip-hop/and at times frenziedly bouncing breakbeat breaks meet obsessive mc-ing, all of that is accomplished with a wide array of jazz styles (from Miles Davis-alike cool jazz-y trumpet-relied floating to more freely and frenetic incantations), at the same time getting wrapped up in highly atmospheric and murky ambience respectively. A urban music gem indeed.

Alexis Erisian - The Abolition Of Pain (2007)

Kallisti Gold
Lastfm

5.8

/Industrial, Techno, Crossover, Trance, Electronica, Neoclassical, Electro/

Comment: Lots of sonic aspects and elements are uploaded here, veering from neoclassical/industrial workouts to brooding trance sound. Yet, unfortunately, the impulses of those basic aspects are set against each other, thus diminishing possibly good results on its own. Moreover, you just can perceive coarsely oscillating sound units penetrating your ears having no goal and visible (and invisible) intention. Honestly, because of being exposed as an aimless bulimic one, those 14 tracks (and 66 minutes) are way too enough for the listener.

Glenn Brown - 3 Crows & The Moon EP (2007)

This Plague Of Dreaming

9.5

/Guitar ambient, Experimental rock, Ambient, Space rock, Experimentalism, Post-rock, Soundscape/

Comment: Just a man with his guitar and a few effects devices surrounding him. Beatific, undulating, at times haunting guitar-conjured ambient sound made by Glenn Brown (born in 1973), the follow-up to the album Sodium Light City (2006, Test Tube). The album`s general approach is minimal, yet, evoking a loads of delightful memories you can not resist to. The Tanks Are Empty is the exception around there sounding similarly to Ben Chasny`s magical, one-loop-repeated based psych-folk. Otherwise, Brown`s oeuvre can be compared to the likes of slept., a Foggy Realm, docks, diecidicembre, The Post Riot Era, and Woodworkings. Moreover, some experimental shoegaze acts seem to be quite close to it (A Beautiful Machine, Bowery Electric, Pygmalion-era Slowdive).

Person Man - Eros vs. Agape (2010)

Bandcamp

9.3

/Psych-rock, Anti-folk, Krautrock, Crossover, Garage, Lo-fi, DIY, Avant-garde, Singer-songwriter, Psychedelia, Experimentalism/

Comment: The frenetic man behind these 14 tracks is Max Branigan, a musician out from New York. Acidic psychedelia/psyche-woogie meets noisy psych-rock/garage rock meets off-the-kilter compositions for artifacts/found sounds recorded during the unplugged sessions. Marcy & Miguel vs. Myself is a quasi tribal prog example. Absolutely staggering, by the way reminding of the early session of CAN in the end of 60`s/the starting of 70`s. On the other side, he conjures up heart-breaking songs like Cold Nothing (fast), and Song Of The Opposite. Beside the early period CAN, indeed, Branigan`s project can be compared to Speculativism, Vierivä Viiksiportieeri, Ghost Orbs, and Adrian Aardvark, for instance. This is our punk (folk).

Desperados - RapCore/INTIFADA

Lenn9o9n - Relining Coffins (2010)

Quixodelic
Bandcamp
Lastfm

9.6

/Poptronica, Glo-fi, Baroque pop, Experimental indie, Dream pop, Electronic pop, Psychedelic pop, Indietronica, Free folk/

Comment: It is hinted at Lastfm that David Charleston aka lenn9o9n has been influenced by hip-hop (Tribe called A Quest, and Beastie Boys), late 60`s pyschedelia and avant-garde (United States Of America, Velvet underground, Syd Barrett), and nowadays pop acts (Of Montreal, Broadcast, Mirah). Furthermore, DC takes his musical advice from James Brown. In a more real outlook, however, his debut publication constitutes an array of sublime sounds, veering by its stylistical approach from blissed-out glo-fi music and catchy indietronic/electronic pop to jubilant free folk-alikeness and lofty orchestrations and hysterical, artistical indie rock a la Arcade Fire. A masterpiece indeed. And of course, love the animals (they are people too).

Tudo de volta - Tudo de Volta (2011)

Bandcamp

9.2

/Drone, Ambient rock, Post-rock, Drone rock, Guitar ambient, Epic, Experimental rock, Avant-rock/

Comment: Tudo de Volta is a young, 21-years-old musician from Curitiba, Brazil, offering for the world an upsetting, 3-track EP to be praised now and later. Indeed, it is an epic blend of atmospheric guitars and vibrant rhythms (in fact, the release is without any drums and other pounding instruments). More concretely, as if endlessly running droning and resonating hiss-laden layers assign impressive grandeur to it. At times it seems as if were rolled over by steamwaves able to throw you down.

Naturalbody - Escape The Album (2011)

Jamendo

8.7

/Synth rock, New age, Electro-rock, Crossover, Electronic pop, Ethereal pop, Classical/

Comment: Naturalbody is an artist from Italy who has issued more than a handful of albums at Jamendo. Naturalbody`s usual practice is to create short-running tracks having the length not more than 3 minutes as usual. (For instance, Escape The Album turns up with 9 notches to its closure at 16 minutes). It extends from slightly pitched synthetic pop and some exercises on piano to tumultuous synth-driven rock drawing majestically high bows, or from funky-approved entertainment to atmospheric/classical/and new age-loaded sonic installations. Indeed, NB loves to shoot incessantly. By the way, the coverprint of the album is attractive in its minimal but longing appearance.