Muradyan - Heart Cocktail (2007)

Muradyan
Lastfm

9.3

/Experimental electronica, Avant-electronica, Glitchtronica, Sound collage, Sampledelic, IDM, Post-rock/

Comment: Vahram Muradyan is an Armenian musician/electronic music producer (born in 1983) who takes on a wide array of tendencies within the experimental electronica genre. Indeed, his sound is highly experimental and innovative by any means. Lots of different rhythms and moods are represented there which, however, used to extend from the segmented glitchtronic outlets and pitchbent minimalism and ancient or more contemporary samples exploiting aesthetics (a la The Caretaker, and People Like Us, respectively) to lofty post-rock-ish noise walls and barely perceptible digital tribalism. In a word, this 14-piece album talks to you.

Sincope - Close Moving

Noisy Sins Of The Insect - Discography

Lastfm

8.7

/Screamo, Hardcore, Alternative rock, Crossover/

Comment: desperate screamo/hardcore attacks from Istanbul, Turkey, from a combo who had been active for 2 years (2005-2007). On this album is represented their whole discography. More concretely, angst-pouring vocal madness is backed up with dense noodling and drumming, though, at times being variegated with more relaxing moments and visions (running more in the vein of grunge/and US-based alternative guitar rock).

Cough Cool - Digestible Doom (2009)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Lo-fi, Noise pop, Post-punk, Avant-rock, Experimental indie, DIY/

Comment: just one musician/guitarist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA who used to amplify his lo-fi noise pop-tinged undertakings through more or less avant-garde tendencies (throbbing nihilistic electronica, spoken word pieces-samples, sound art-alike micro noises and disturbed radio waves). In a more general way, Cough Cool sounds like an expansion of The Jesus & Mary Chain, though, the listener can detect the influences of such Japanese art rock bands like Maher Shalal Hash Bash, and Nagisa Ni Te.

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Glitter Bones - The Dark Tide (2011)

Bandcamp
Lastfm

9.4

/Poptronica, Slowcore, Glo-fi, Chillwave, Post-pop, Leftfield, Post-psychedelic electronica, Lo-fi/

Comment: the single (4.52) is a slow paced, dream-soaked enterprise, looking at the world through offbeat glasses. There are some brisk turns into a blissed-out realm, into great beauty into which the listener get immediately immersed. Glitter Bones is the collaboration act between Nick Donlin, and Zach Vouga this time they are assisted by Brian Brissart (vocal) from BIGCOLOUR, another Chicago, Illinois, US-based collective. The single crosses finely tendencies so characteristic to Beach House`s slowcore aesthetics and blissful seeds from the glo-fi/chillwave scene. An enthralling wash indeed.

Sea Things - Mind`s Eye

Fog Lake - Stay Lost (2012)

Bandcamp

9.5

/Ambient, Folktronica, Post-rock, Experimentalism, Soundscapes, Organic electronica, Crossover, Experimental electronica, Musique concrète/

Comment: the project comes out from Halifax, Canada, however, deserving downrightly its name - it is deep , it is hazy, it is highly vapour-wrapped, though, Fof Lake`s music is not about ambient music only. This 10-track album vents itself through folktronic and organic repetitions, spoken word and glowing bass fused undertakings (indeed, the production is outstanding - all those (semi-) chord repetitions, flickering half and full tones, micronoises are very accurately laid down). It sounds almost like Thomas Park`s Stellar Fugue (the previous review at Recent Music Heroes), though, being devoid of rhythm sequences this time. Truly epic and inspiring for a new day.

Thomas Park - Stellar Fugue (2011)

Treetrunk

9.6

/Abstract techno, Ambient techno, Deep techno, Avant-techno, Experimental techno/

Comment: profound, glacial glow-tinged techno seeds used to dominate left and right. The listener can detect burning layers (created by using brass instruments) above hypnotic beats. These 7 tracks are similar to each other, however, showcasing slight changes within the limited concept. As you know very well the phenomenon can be free only then when it is cirumscribed (upon it the one can set itself free by outreaching the borderlines). A top notch for your body and mind. It is not surprising at all because it is a project by Thomas Park also known as AutoCad (2000-2003), and thereafter Mystified.

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