Hiroshi - Bitronica (2007)

Abdicate Cell
Betamod

9.1

/Chipbreak, 8-bit, Electro pop, Bitpop, Tracker music, Crossover, Nintendocore, Experimental electronica/

Comment: sawtooth-alike chiptune/chipbreak patterns meet straightforwardly punching electro rhythms and ineluctable, system-induced noise conjuring up uplifting atmospherical seeds oozing out from these 9 tracks (spreaded out over 26 minutes). However, now and then the album gets deviated from the main line because of getting quite close to chime almost like electroclash or electro-indie (NES monday) examples or just providing more psychedelic and orchestrated tunes in a lofty way (Mario v Wario). Or having more obvious flirtation with more big beat cadences (Chipcore). The album had been released both on Abdicate Cell, and Betamod.

Kyoto: "La camiseta" @ La Faena II (2011)

Grndaz -Shitsteppers Make Cruel (2011)

Ruszud
Ruszud
Lastfm

9.2

/Hip-hop, Electro-hop, Experimental electro, Urban music, Breaks, Grime/

Comment: a set of two whimsical urban music productions. These ones are filled in with a loads of effects, abrasive and punching electro breaks and featuring joyous mc-ing (Mr. Payne) above and around it (the second track is embellished with female voices, though). In a word, business as usual - all of that regarding grime music on its own.

Cults - Split Face EP (2009)

Myspace
Lastfm

9.0

/Doom rock, Psych-rock, Psychedelic rock, Drone rock, Avant-rock, Experimental rock/

Comment: this 4-piece EP is a follow-up to Cults, Atlanta-based producer`s excellent Contagious Spirits (2008) which was soaked with treated electronics and manipulated psychedelia (call it post-psychedelic) and drone and some glimpses of psych-rock. Actually at Split Face EP he continues to deepen some of the abovementioned paths, though, the main (or even only) accent is directed more upon doom/psych rock developments. Indeed, it is a more rock-oriented one where more or less ragged guitars are interlaced with restraint kind or more tortured kind of vocal lines. It veers away the influences of Bardo Pond, and Sonic Youth. In a word, it is enjoyable, though, being not so bliss inducing as the debut issue.

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Dyskinesia - Dalla Nascita (2011)

Frohike
Bandcamp
Lastfm

9.5

/Post-metal, Post-rock, Sludge, Avant-metal, Crossover, Noise, Black metal, Epic, Improvised music, Experimental rock, Avant-rock/

Comment: by listening to this 7-track album by the Italian quintet Dyskinesia you can admit its better qualities to be running in the vein of the tradition of the brothers Russolo, the forefathers of noise music. More profoundly, it is on the way brutal enough and on the other side it is highly fascinating due to its arty aspirations and accomplishments. The album can be considered as a compartment postured in between burning sludge/black metal/post-metal, infiltrated improvised noise and epic but tumultuous post-rock moulded drifts and crescendos. In a word, it is as obscure as dark onyx and as light as the most sunshiny spectra in the sky. However, do not recommend it to your grandmother. She may not understand it. All other cases are unconditionally mandatory.

Emerald Park - A Beautiful Mourning

Paper Plane Pilot - This Afternoon (2012)

Paper Plane Pilot
Lastfm

9.3

/Alternative pop/rock, Post-punk, New Wave, Gothic rock/

Comment: this is a synth-driven/orchestrated single produced by Dustin Frelich (voc, keyb, g, dr), Eugenio Iglesias (b), and Bryarly Bishop (voc). Though the notch is produced recently it partly harks back to the 70`s British gothic/post-punk tradition. Indeed, those solemn, slightly glowing synth whiffs, guitar shapes and Frelich`s resigned singing manner make difference. In a word, the single is masterfully accentuated and dosed.

Tudo de Volta - Sempre Acaba (2011)

Bandcamp

10.0

/Guitar ambient, Shoegaze, Ambient rock, Ambient, Ambient noise, Post-psychedelic, Drone rock, Post-rock, Avant-rock, Minimal, Experimental rock, Psychedelia/

Comment: Sempre Acaba is a follow-up to Tudo de Volta, a Curitiba, Brazil-based musician`s self-titled debut at the start of 2011. There are represented 4 tracks which is a platform for fusing ambient, post-rock, shoegaze, psychedelia, drone, epicness and deliberate vulnerability into an enthralling whole. All the layers around there are craftily densified, at times the whole gets embellished with flickering spots and lights and is curtained with more darker whiffs and veils and variegated with subtle changes regarding more or less visible phases inside the whole. It is profoundly abstract and highly sensitive simultaneously. The project can be compared to the likes of Slowdive (Pygmalion-era), Bowery Electric, Aboombong, Flying Saucer Attack, Pan American, Doldrums. This is a way how rock music should breathe and throb, relieve and give hope for melomans. This is a gospel, obvious soundtrack for God.

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