[praw] - From The Valley To The Sea (2009)

Mine All Mine

9.3

/Ambient, Post-rock, Minimalism, Microsound, Drone, Ambient drone/

Comment: the yearning pulsations of austere ambient progressions, as if coming from very remote distances and vast plateaus, exerting huge leverage on the listener. However, less is more, a byword, applies very exactly to the case. All of that is housed into the 21-minute track. In addition to that I recommend to listen to the likes of .slept, Radere, docks, the late-period Slowdive, The Post Riot Era, and Loscil. By the way, now [praw] is known as John Praw, by the musician`s proper name.

Rec_Overflow - Grow_ep (2011)

Brusio

8.9

/Ambient dub, Dub-tech, Experimental electronica, Tech-house, Crossover, Club dance/

Comment: it is an interesting, 5-piece issue which starts out with thudding breaks embellished with the intricate guitar handling (shoegaze-ish guitar whiffs). The second track Wonky Hash shows up keeping pace with the Orb-alike atmospherical dub steps. Onwards can be detected there for the ragged conceptions of slightly murky gleaming dub, hypnotic tech-house, wonky techno, chopped-up electronica. This EP is thought for listening and for dancing thus showcasing all-round efficiency.

Satanic Butcher - Anti-Human Theory (2011)

Torn Flesh

9.2

/Brutal metal, Death metal, Deathcore, Brutal metal, Black metal, Hardcore punk/

Comment: this 11-track issue comes out from Mexico and is a sheer foray of brutal death metal which is mixed up with black metal and goregrind, and even hardcore punk-esque mist at times. By its artistical approach it is an impressive output, having lots bits of cogent angriness an frenetic despair. By the ideological standpoint Beast Butcher (the man behind the drum programming, vocals and guitars of the album) does rise up against the Western-sided hypocrisy and demagogy, material gulosity and moral decay. This is an instance of nowadays punk rock. Malcolm McLaren would have liked it.

Uppsala Solemne – A Fúria do Vento (2011)

Sinewave

9.3

/Sampledelic, Modern classical, Experimental electronica, IDM, Folktronica, Organic electronica, Experimentalism, Sound collage/

Comment: Cristiane Miranda and Leonardo Fleck aka Uppsala Solemne`s new EP proves to be a crafty cake - highly exhilarating in its diverse ways and swerves. More closely, there can be detected for IDM-esque impetus and imagery, elfin-induced folk incantations, trumpet-induced yearning passages/sampledelics/jazz-based delicate whiffs, vibraphone-driven organicness, all of that is seamlessly interwoven into a potent fist. Minor key-relied interludes on a piano used to evoke a thought about that Fleck`s Blanched-related post-rock approach is still in-flight. Indeed, it is a decent follow-up to Afecto EP.

Fescal - F*ck New York

Lyndsie Alguire - Suspended In Light (2011)

Camomille

Bandcamp

8.8

/Modern classical, Organic electronica, Experimental electronica, Chamber music, Musique concrète, Crossover, IDM/

Comment: lone piano-driven (modern) classical/chamber music chords (with arpeggiated arrays sometimes) are varied with IDM-cadences and turbulent, lopsided electronics. Moreover, Montrèal, Quebec-based composer Lyndsie Alguire`s 15-piece debut issue is nicely balanced between concrete and composed sounds, between synthetic and organic segments, shifting between "closed" and "opened" environments. First of all, it is recommended for the fans of Max Richter, Muhr, Non Dolet, Bosques de mi Mente, adamned.age. Of course, for those people either who just intend to listen to beautiful yet slightly melancholic music.

Bing Satellites - Twilight Sessions Volume Eight (2011)

Free Floating Music
Bandcamp

9.4

/Ambient, Shoegazetronica, Crossover, Modern classical, Soundscape, Minimal, Ambient drone/

Comment: wow, once again, you are not allowed to get disappointed of Brin Coleman aka Bing Satellites`s music, by a musician and label header (BFW Recordings) from Manchester, UK. It is related to spherical music, i.e from wavy, very large-scaled ambient-relied progressions to sublime shoegaze-ish infiltrations and rare modern classical-drenched instants. It pretends to be an instance of imperative beauty to be laid out everyhwere setting you free. It used to happen in this way when indie guys and gals are involved in experimental enterprises.

Cankun + Holy Strays - Beko_91 (2011)

Beko DSL
Lastfm

9.0

/Psychedelic, Post-psychedelic electronica, DIY, Hypnagogic, Lo-fi, Experimental indie, Avant-pop, Glo-fi, Bedroom pop, Electronic pop, Chillwave/

Comment: two Gallian artists-bedroom musicians do appear herein who have previously recorded on the legendary Not Not Fun label. The keywords are obviously zeitgeist and stylistic borderlessness in the bubble of lo-fi/DIY music.

Vladee Divacc - Technical Foul EP (2010)

Bandcamp
Lastfm

9.4

/Experimentalism, Noise, Psychedelia, Avant-garde, DIY, Freeformfreakout, Post-psychedelic electronica/

Comment: this EP is frenetic and great...by its concept and sounds, respectively. Being entitled after the legendary Yugoslavian/Serbian centre Vlade Divac, and all the song titles named after the NBA basketball heroes, it is not a rap/hip-hop issue at all (of course, you may have supposed it). However, undulating psychedelic noise makes there highly sense being fringed with spoken word samples and vowel experiments meanwhile. Burning feedbacks - it is just mesmerizing. It sounds like Animal Collective on glue. Yet, Christian Filardo (formerly known as Panda steps in chocolate; Orioles) used to call it as dunkwave. Why not? Definitely yes.

Autonomicon - Holy upper-intermediate holocaust quest failure