Beth Kleist - Drei (2011)

Distance

9.6

/New Weird Europe, Psych-folk, Folktronica, Post-rock, Experimental electronica, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Sound art, Art pop, Organic electronica, Ambient, Noise, Shoegaze/

Comment: behind Beth Kleist is the collaborative aspiration by two man, Nils Quak, and Philipp Bückle. Their 16 tracks tend to drift between lush dreams and otherworldly reveries. It shifts between solemn and mundane. Between artificial and organic spheres. Between minimal sort of soundscapes and more accentuated, guitar-based effects and bends and repetitive patterns (for instance, the album starts off with a shoegaze-ish instance). Mostly it is filled in with every kind of sonic effects and phase changes (experiments with radio waves and barely audible frequencies and microtonal noise) which, in turn, would be suitable rather for chosen art venues and sound art festivals. In disregard of it the release preserves its warm feeling for the listener. All in all, the result is totally captivating which would be exploited as an instrument for curing the patients with mental disorder.

Genka - Kukeseen

Emilie Lund - Emilie Lund EP (2009)

Aaahh
Lastfm

9.3

/Psych-folk, Dream folk, New Weird Europe, Indie folk, Folk indie, Alt-folk, Singer-songwriter/

Comment: a handful of intimate folk songs by Emilie Lund, a Stockholm, Swedish-based singer-songwriter. It is hinted at lastfm that she is the daughter of former hippies who grew up on a farm on the countryside and creates music looking for love and long lost childhood friend in the capital of Sweden. He used to exploit mainly guitar, sometimes piano and glockenspiel either. And of course, her voice does fulfill the goal, being truly suggestive and compelling. Sometimes she used to layer her songs vocally (polyphonically) being haunting and dream-soaked alternately. Especially at Something Is Eating Me. However, all the pieces are craftily accentuated and used to be penchant for profound folk divas like Julia Kotowski aka Entertainment For The Braindead, the sisters Cassidy aka CocoRosie, and Joanna Newsom. In a word, the EP is an instance of nowadays girl power (unlikely many of those gals who strip down herself and being the object for manipulations).

Gore Obsessed - Whore Hacking Fun (2010)

Dis-Organ-Ized

9.2

Grindcore, Porngrind, Crust punk, Brutal metal, Hardcore, Goregrind/

Comment: while there are represented 3 very short-running tracks, first and foremost the EP oozes out an enormous volume of destructive power and energy. It scoots over grindcore, crust punk, and the (sexual) violence of goregrind (especially those voluptuous snippets at the beginning of the notches). It hacks like marquis de Sade`s perverted dream within the music.

Derek Clegg - Quirky Little Love Song

Beat Surrender - Beat Surrender (2011)

Bandcamp
Lastfm

8.7

/Pop punk, Ska, Alt-country, Psychedelic, Alternative pop/rock/

Comment: joyous, mostly (pop) punk or rock-inflected with some ska, country, and psychedelic dodges and undertakings. Just a handful of pieces are up here to make out an enjoyable result ultimately. The opening track (Where Do You Buy) Clothes (That Fit?) functions as a platform to cross country, ska, and strong psychedelic angle. Mirage is a dashing retrospection reflecting upon the beatific pop charts of the 60`s and 70`s. Or Three Little Feelings which is made up of charming country strums, electric guitar-based trills, and mild song manner. The quartet comes out of Boston, Massachussets, USA.

The Light Tracer - Landspace of My Flesh (2011)

Bandcamp
Lastfm

9.2

/Shoegaze, Indie rock, Space rock, Chamber rock, Post-rock, Instrumental rock, Dream pop/

Comment: resonating, highly spatial progressions are created on ground of amplifying and ascending guitar layers and guitar fingerpicking-headed motives. The best example of how to create the harmonies is laid out at What The Fuck Mogwai Means (sic!). In a word, massive and exultant by any means. However, there is a joint point connecting all these 4 tracks into the whole - clattery paces which used to incessantly trash around.The last track sounds like a melancholic chamber rock looming being deeply drowned in its enthralling self-pitiness. You can draw parallels upon the likes of Vlor, and Spell 336. Ultimately, the result is outstanding which deserves to be got more listening times.

Dainumo, Jeesh, P.SUS - 3 Flavors of 8bit (2011)

Bandcamp

8.8

/Chiptune, Mood music, Primitivetronica, 8-bit, IDM, Lounge, Chill out, Experimental electronica/

Comment: this 12-track miscellany is made up by 3 artists - Dainumo, Jeesh, and P.SUS. As the title already hints at it this trinity used to generate 8-bit alike sounds, though, doing it in a quite quaint way. More concretely, it is instrumental electronica which does have remarkable laid back, even lounge-alike angle. Its characteristics are naive, subtle, and graceful as if were brought out from a remote yet blithesome period of your childhood. Stylistically it rings like the kind of sci-fi chiptune/8-bit music - more detailly, the minutiae of chipcore is intertwined with glitch-inflected bits. The favorites of mine are Summer Magic, Yo-Ho, and Rare Candy.

Dudeldrum - Dudeldrum (2011)

Jamendo

9.4

/Celtic folk, Neofolk, Medieval music, World music, Experimental, Crossover/

Comment: Dudeldrum is a Celtic folk and medieval folk inspired ensemble from Moscow, Russia. A little bit surprising, isn`t it? However, the result is decent on an issue consisting of a three-quarter hour spreading out over a dozen of notches. The soundscape is intense, more intense than the average Celtic folk album used to be - in addition to droning bagpipes, frantic drumming threads and sparkling fiddle hooks it incorporates the undercurrents of ethnic music from elsewhere off Ireland, used to have flirt with New Age sounds, offers some glimpses of martial-tinged endeavours and a dollop of programmed (tabla) paces and a dollop of electronica either. At times it covers you with brooding veils, at times it used to shatter into the smithereens of melancholy and longingness. Pleasantly surprising indeed.

H.P. Sneakstep - Good Morning Mr. Herman