slept. - on a bright day (2011)

Test Tube

Lastfm

9.7

/Ambient, Ambient noise, Microsound, Guitar ambient, Abstract electronica, Avant-electronica, Soundscapes, Electro-acoustic, Dystopbient, Glitch ambient, Minimalism/

Comment: I can remember exactly for my first experience related with Lukasz Wegrzyn`s music (self-titled EP) happened in approximately 2 years ago. In the meantime LW has issued 2 releases (Torpor EP; Feather EP) in addition to it. This 7-track album is a masterpiece and one of the albums in 2011 for sure. It consists of minimal, restraint and blissed-out ingredients as if re-creating hidden memories to experience bittersweet perceptions and visions. Majestic ambient monoliths are set at a distance while sharp glitch shards are positioned to move on along the front line. By running on sparse, remote wastelands you can perceive some noisy yet somehow laid-back maelstroms, buzzing drones, effortless chord changes. In any cases, the album can be considered as an ideal vision of ambient music.

Joxfield ProjeX - Silent Night Night Silence Pt 2

Joseph Volmer and Eric Fourman - The Transcription of Organ Music (2011)

AudioTong

9.6

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

Comment: a stunning, well-balanced drone rock/glacial glow-ish post-rock suite passing along the panoramic flight based on toy piano, guitar, piano, and toy flute. First of all, this 12-minute soundscape is dominated by gleaming guitar hum and orchestrated vectors moving up and down. When it is time to rise up, however, those peaks and crests do chime truly monumental and majestic. An epic result which Angus Maclise would have loved, I guess.

White Candles - Flowers for Delia (2009)

Bandcamp
Lastfm

9.3

/Psychedelia, Acid pop, Experimental indie, Electro-indie, Alternative, DIY/

Comment: this EP consists of an ebullient bunch of 5 pieces which are heavily synth-driven twists spiced up with autotuned vocal lines and volatile, Morricone-esque motifs. At times it takes on to be burbly, sometimes yearning and melancholic, on the other side, it is essentially retrodelic for most of its time. More exactly, you can for the shadows of the Beatles (and chemical Beatles), The Doors, and Silver Apples. In a nutshell, it is a classic issue built on classic ones. Indeed, Flowers for psyche-Delia.

Lady Vallens - Double Mirror (2008)

Second Family

9.2

/Industrial rock, Angst rock, Electro-rock, Post-punk, Experimental rock, Avant-rock, Gothic rock/

Comment: this Parma, Italy-based experimental rock combo provides 12 songs which are filled in with bitter anxious perceptions, obscure gothic shards, rigid but massively stomping post-punk-ish drum machines, and electro/synth pop-esque undercurrents. Furthermore, even dance-appealed funky bass choppiness and math/prog/metal vapour is proudly up here.

Hox Vox - LaGuardia 3:00 AM

beko DSL - beko_killshaman (2011)

Beko DSL
Lastfm

9.3

/Post-punk, Psychedelia, Avant-garde, Primitive electronca, Post-psychedelic electronica, Experimentalism, Art rock, Alternative pop/rock/

Comment: this compilation reflects upon - let`s just say - industrial/urban tribalism. Lots of variable hooks and enthralling trash are chosen over here, however, veering out from the Fall-alike manifesting post-punk-ish shimmer and 80`s Sonic Youth-afforded bristled yet dream-filled guitar works to off-kilter shamanic oscillation/post-psychedelic tilts and somehow statically flowing guitar-induced experimentalism and stuttering primitivism. Here are represented the likes of GeR^^aN, Hiking, Turrks, GeRmAn ArMy, Night Control, and Healthcare, all those bands seem to related with one location - Oakland, California.

Limbo Deluxe - Rodeo (2011)

Jamendo

8.9

/Psychedelic rock, Ska, Surf pop, Brass pop, Alternative pop/rock, Latin pop/

Comment: Limbo Deluxe is a side-project by Juan Naveira, who has been residing in France. However, Naveira aka mrjuan is chiefly known thanks to his Juanitos project (since 1991) within he has satisfied his versatile ambitions mixing densely up surf pop, World music, Latin pop, brass pop, psychedelia, rockabilly with each other. In any cases, this 6-piece unit borders on the characteristics of Limbo Deluxe, drawing the line with more rocking, slightly ska-based sound to detach them. Catchy strums, dashing motifs, and dusty reed organs are excellently represented at La Luz Interior. The songs are performed in Spain and in English. All in all, I am waiting for those times when mrjunan`s music will be played in advertising because of being highly calisthenic.

Stefan Tretau – Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (2011)

Broque
Lastfm

9.0

/Tech-house, Dub-tech, Dub-house, Club dance, Crossover/

Comment: this is a solid trip by an experienced producer from Germany who this time kicks off at a crossroad of house, dub and techno. The album`s quaintness is brought forth due to acoustic (string) lines which are interlaced with dreamy, versatile paces in crafty way. However, the coverprint is pleasant in its organic way, demonstrating apparently the tendencies of this 7-track issue. Thought not only for hours around the midnight.

Zloty Dawai - Jazz Nazis Must Die!