Richard There - If the world calls, please leave a message (2011)

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Lastfm

9.0

/Singer-songwriter, Dada music, Weird folk, Alt-folk, Spoken word, Experimentalism, Avant-folk, Neofolk/

Comment: no problems with locations. Richard comes from there, actually from There. Very simple indeed. As "simple" as his soundscape used to be. He is a part of the avant-garde group/movement Apskraft, representing proudly its off-the-kilter ideology and peripheral attitude. More concretely, he is an idiosyncratic singer-songwriter in his eccentrity, loving to bake from introspective fingerpicked acoustic folk to electronic buzz-laden guitar music to dada-ish spoken word snippets to experimental robo pop a la Kraftwerk to darkwave/neofolk a la Lycia or Death In June. In a more "usual" approach, his script reminds of the likes of Bill Callahan and John Fahey. Above all of that can be figured out for some off-the-kilter cover songs. In the first place, these are just some vague comparisons to be for. Do not forget about that!

Yutaka Hirasaka - Colors (2011)

Totokoko

8.8

/Folktronica, Organic electronica, Musique concrète, Experimental folk, Laptop folk/

Comment: a nice folktronic album from Japan. Reversed loops, melodica-relied snippets, half symphony-loaded backgrounds, and floating water around there. At times it will evolve into a highly lofty one (for instance the track number 6).

Voyageurs - Freak Cave (2011)

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Lastfm

9.0

/Psych-rock, Blues, Garage rock, Psychobilly, Alternative rock/

Comment: Voyageurs is a combo coming from Fayateville, Arizona, offering already their fourth album. Actually it is the vast quantity for the band embarked on in 2010. More concretely, Freak Cave is a highly synergic amalgamation of psych-rock and rock and roll, psychobilly and abrasive garage noodling, slight whiffs of space rock and blues. In comparison with their earlier albums it seems to be a bit less psychedelic and spatial, though. However, it is an eminent accomplishment indeed.

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[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