2/08/2012
Shapeless Lab - Space EP (2011)
/Krautrock, Psyambient, Kosmische Musik, Industrial metal, Crossover, Electronic pop, Psytrance, Avant-garde/
Comment: this is an occult but highly enjoyable record. The 4-track set holds surprisingly a wide array of sonic turns and shades, extending from krautrock-ish and psychedelic ambient/trance vibes to a more aggressive industrial metal undertaking. However, if you like NIN, Weird Ribs, Fujiya & Miyagi, Tunguska Electronic Music Society, Simiram this issue is thought exactly for you. And you have no chance to get disappointed.
Skai Nine - Ember (2012)
Bandcamp
9.1
9.1
/Electro pop, Alternative, Electro pop, Glo-fi, Alternative dance, Synth pop, Sampledelic, Lo-fi/
Comment: it is said that Skai Nine is a lover and creator of all kinds of electro-based music, drawing inspiration from hip-hop to the synth pop sounds of the 80s. Indeed, you can listen to lone piano chords dripping above crispy, angular-shaped cadences (the release benefits from those variable, catchy bass lines). Or you can enjoy more burbly, peeping blisstronica and instrumental electro-mixed compositions coming directly out from old school sequencers and keyboards. It is charmingly a little bit clumsy and lo-fi (or even primitive). The favorite of mine is highly groove-ish All In Together. Actually it says everything. In a word, this 4-track EP is infected with electro disco virus.
Inch Chua - Wallflower (2010)
/Alternative pop, Indie pop, Dream pop, Chamber pop, Baroque pop, Poptronica/
Comment: Inch Chua is a Singaporean singer-songwriter whose apparent influences veer away early Radiohead-hued alternative rock and early Cardigans-esque mellow pop, Jane Siberry-alike flirtations with more classical and chamber music standards and even jazz/downbeat whiffs. Chua`s vocal manner is whimsical and permanently changing. Some songs are more chart-appealed than others (Discern). However, there are represented 12 notches which showcase Chua`s ability to write crafty, suggestive pop examples. I felt in love with them. Grrrl power.
Black Pus - Live at WFMU (2012)
FMA
9.2
9.2
/Improvised music, Crust punk, Live session, Post-psychedelic electronica, Experimental rock, Avant-rock, Psych-rock, Psychedelic, Noise rock/
Comment: this is a two-track improvised set by Brian Chippendale aka Black Pus, the drummer and vocalist at Lightning Bolt, and Mindflayer. A pair of notches both of them used to exceed 20 minutes are filled in with crust punk, desperate noise rock. More profoundly, angst moaning vocal lines are at times variegated with frantic yodel, however, behind it the listener can detect dizzy drum sequences and drilling electronic substrades/electronic bass propulsions. Now and then the layers are pitchbent or conjure up squealing effects, by fits and starts even joyous (sic!) electronic bass propulsions are available and Chippendale`s vocal is classical heavy rock-loaded. In a nutshell, this is a set which makes highly sense in direct and indirect way. Actually it blows out of the water of how one person is able to spouter so much energy within from him.
2/07/2012
Cosmic Boxer - Everything Depends On You (Berlin Edition) (2011)
/Dream pop, Indie pop, Alternative pop, Folk indie, Singer-songwriter, Indie folk, Poptronica, Dream folk/
Comment: dream-heavy longing based either on ethereal piano based chord drops or more floatingly drifting string-relied alternative/dream pop which is prone to demonstrate sphere-related topics and blissful, past-centered glimpses (as we know very well the past used to be realized as future sometime). However, the listener can figure out some similarities with such groups as Slowdive, Trembling Blue Stars, Northern Picture Library. At times his sound gets more involved in the realm of glo-fi-esque developments (for instance, fascinating Jasper In Denmark). A batch of truly beautiful songs with high potential for future days.
TRaiN SP Collective - kidnaping the noise (2012)
Bandcamp
9.0
9.0
/Shoegaze, Avant-rock, Alternative, Electro-acoustic, Experimental rock, Electro-rock, Indie dance, Space rock, Improvised music/
Comment: TSPC is a collective from Greece who offer up a relaxing and sometimes intriguing set of eight (mainly long-running) progressions. In detail, the album consists of a blend of shoegaze-ish jamming and spacey rock vibes which are obviously recorded as the unplugged ones. Indeed, it is tightly surrounded by electro-acoustic sort of vapour at times variegated with jew`s harp and harmonica-induced chords (reminding a little bit of Aboombong, and Vlor, the US-based quirky musical collectives). However, without you, you and you makes more sense due to electronics-drenched vibrations and chopped-up sonic effects around and below it. The same can be said about the last episode which shares lofty shoegaze-ish progressions with acute breakbeat/jungle sequences. Subsequently can be said that it is a case of how shoegaze and space rock can be converted into an instance of as if it were performed by jazz musicians-improvisers who accidentally like to listening to noiseful guitar music.
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