[Teaser of the day] Double Dan - Time Is On My Side

Golosy - Echo Nude (2010)

Cocodriller

9.1

/Glitchtronica, Dubstep, Cut and paste, Sampledelic, Experimental electronica, Breakcore/

Comment: this 6-piece teaser embarks on with glich-y, very sharp and angular rhythms. The tendency gets developed throughout the course incorporating (or abandoning upon it) dub(step) elements and more atmospherical whiffs oozing out from a batch of slots and corners and surfaces. It may be the most surprising track is Tutom which mixes up broken beats with very vintage sounds (20-30`s jazz canons), this way reminding of the aesthetics of The Caretaker, Gutta Percha, MAS & Travis McAlister, for instance. Elsewhere Golosy`s sound resembles more of dizzy, spacious inner space by Flying Lotus.

Fescal - Yesterdays News

Tortoise - Live at Black Cat on 2007-07-07 (2007)

Archive.org

9.0

/Experimental rock, Post-rock, Live session, Instrumental rock, Fusion, Progressive rock/

Comment: obviously the most eminent and influential post-rock groups evoked in the 90`s across the Atlantic were Tortoise, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor which constitute diverse narratives within the post-rock scene. Tortoise, however, was more improvisation-centered (obviously influenced by and being part of the local Chicago-related experimental jazz scene), more progressive rock-inflected and less crescendo-heavy and epic. Tortoise`s kindred souls were Mice Parade, The Dylan Group, The Sea And Cake (John McEntire`s another project), Mercury Program. The legends perform a 16-track gig which involves frantic jazz grooves and more elusive vibraphone-driven appearances. Of course, at times these main offshoots will collide with each other to get intertwined into an organic whole. More detailly, driving rock guitars are blended with the patterns of lofty synths, washes of crescnding noises, elusive Americana-drenched orchestrations (the 4th track in queue) and chopped-up drums behind and below it.

Embark - Adieu Paris (2011)

Bandcamp

8.8

/Shoegaze, Alternative pop/rock, Covers, Conceptual, Trance rock/

Comment: by covering Adieu Paris Embark pays tribute to the French group Les Fils De Joie`s track (1985). However, by listening to the track more closely you can detect that the single is up there to bow the head toward My Bloody Valentine either. Stomping but sonorous guitar/bass floatation is backed by distinct drumming parts and trance rock-heavy buzzing which used to grow and dilate cyclically.

[Teaser of the day] Starstarstar - Brothers

Golgotha Communication Ltd. - Vindictive Patent Vol. II (2011)

Sirona-Records
Lastfm

9.1

/Post-industrial, Ritual music, Avant-garde, Experimental electronica, Abstract electronica, Minimal, Drone, Repetitronica, Non-music, Illbient/

Comment: Golgotha Communication Ltd. is a Philly-based experimental trio (Josef K-rpovski, Penny Petticoat, GRECO-NORWEGIAN) which can freely be considered a cult combo who have issued a shitloads of tapes, CDRs, and net albums during a lifespan of 11-12 years. Because of including more than 30 tracks the album shall have to be considered a magnum opus of experimental music, however, being strongly influenced by proto-industrial nihilism and murky modulated ambient and electronica as if were surrounded by a huge amount of ghosts and bad memories. In a word, it is a weird shit. GC`s approach is mostly minimalist because of having based on repetitive loops and shapes which seems to be creepy and malignant. On the other side, the trio showcases itself by a more joyous point of view now and then, providing a ritualistic set of bouncy paces in its idiosyncratic manner which used to be far away from possible pop centers, though. At times the concept is relied with hazy ambient flickerings (Orner of the Solar Cankle), or quite conventionally oscillating drone pop (Broad Forth). The album draws parallels upon such occult legends as Big City Orchestra, early Cabaret Voltaire, The Residents, and Coil. A retrofuturistic, politically incorrect statement by any means.

anata wa sukkari tsukarete shimai - I wish they all could be horror punks

B.R.O - Analog People In A Digital World (2010)

NoEcho

9.4

/Nu jazz, Avant-jazz, Experimentalism, Crossover, Ambient, Modern classical, Chamber music, Improvised music/

Comment: this 8-track publication is a follow-up to the Polish experimental jazz duo B.R.O.`s debut issue Etudes EP (2008) which was an astonishing blend of old and modern, being a melting pot for conciliating cool jazz and nu jazz, frenetic electronic explorations and restraint downbeat-esque undercurrents. However, the brothers Zamojski will continue running on the same path, offering additionally to the improvisation-soaked and hook-laden territory also such sort of music which outreaches the borders of jazz in very apparent way. Stylus, for instance, is an oddball which gets into ambient and classical-induced sort of desire thus reminding more of Dead Can Dance. Or Take-up Reel which provides some spacey glimpses of the outer space within the mixed realm of spoken word and chamber/cabaret-alike milieu. Indeed, B.D.O. does mean a quality sign on its own.

RantZen - Inzi Ma Mul Kar b/w Oyo Vor Keskva (2006)

4-4-2 Music

9.3

/Club dance, Experimental electro, Gore-electro, Avant-electro, Experimental techno, Avant-techno, Dark electro/

Comment: actually not very much time ago I discovered a Sydney, Australia-based label, called 4-4-2 Music which used to publish an intricate rhythm-based vista of club music which apparently does have more experimental approach and angle than usually in the abovementioned field. There are up a pair of tracks which constitute intensely thudding bass-driven oscillations in the vein of murky electro and massively stomping techno music. However, Andy Rantzen`s music is witty and whimsical. The cadences are decorated with subdued, even moaning (indecipherable) vocal lines (the influences of goregrind????) and some constitutive sonic effects within it. The issue is a classic one which is directed upon the listener`s body and soul. This is our gore-electro.