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3/21/2012
Joey Ripps - For The Minute (2011)
blocSonic
Free Music Archive
Lastfm
9.2
/Urban music, Hip-hop, Rap/
Free Music Archive
Lastfm
9.2
/Urban music, Hip-hop, Rap/
Comment: there are up 6 notches which are about hip-hop and rap through and through. Intense yet gritty mc-ing is backed up with more or less sultry backdrops, more or less undulating synth floatations- samples and soul and funky-soaked vibes. In a word, Joey Ribbs demonstrates his proficiency to select and manage the samples.
Kyoto - Lo que vuelve para vengarse (2010)
/Shoegaze, Progressive rock, Art rock, Alternative rock, Experimental indie, Space pop, Psychedelia, Post-rock, Avant-rock/
Comment: Kyoto, a Zaragoza, Spain-based collective pushes off with dizzy cosmic and shoegaze fused guitars-drums-keyboards. A truly eargasmic moment by any means. The following pieces used to continue with the controlled dizziness, more concretely, rocking off with acidic keyboards and intriguing female timbres and singing in Spanish reminding a little of Electrelane. The ditties are characterized by lush textures and murky melodies, spatial gliding and suggestive harmonies. Or endlessly longing interludes like Hasta La Eternidad headed by harmonica-induced motives and drifting ambiances around it. A fabulous issue indeed. In a word, it is our progressive rock, a qualitative next step after Pink Floyd.
Kent State - Walk Through Walls (2011)
/Shoegaze, Psych-rock, Noise rock, Avant-rock, Psychedelia, Experimental indie, Alternative rock/
Comment: Nicholas Vance-led project takes on the aesthetics of wall of noise, obsessive glowering guitar mayhem, and sonorous cellophane guitar pop and makes it up in a great way. It is noisy, it is sharp, it is smart simultaneously. Seductive as usual through its powerful psychotic grooves and exulting ridges and riffs. Indeed, though it might seem even simple it punches the listener`s heart and soul. Psychedelic death pop as some of them used to hint at one of the most eminent musical groups at the moment.
3/19/2012
Raindeer - Moonstruck EP (2011)
Bandcamp
9.3
9.3
/Poptronica, Experimental indie, Disco pop, DIY, Electronic pop, Synth wave, Electro pop, Glo-fi/
Comment: firstly, the coverprint is fabulous, incorporating nowadays and vintage tendencies, glamour and old-fashioned signs. Indeed, similarly to the sleeve this 6-piece issue showcases its borderless playfulness - all those highly effusive, at times retrodelic synth riffs and bubbling synth vibes are embellished with fragile yet somehow whimsical vocal lines and gliding, light-hearted electronica. On the other side, Apocalyptic Love runs on massive disco pop propulsions and stroboscope rays. In a word, this Baltimore-based musical collective provides an impressive glam-fi vision. In any cases, I used to believe in that. It is sexy, it is charming, it is compelling.
The Underscore Orkestra - Balancing Act (2012)
Comment: an amusing, one-track appearance reminding of the heydays of vaudevillean, highly swinging pop. Indeed, it used to be a quite authentic representation of it. It involves an array of tempo changes (from very slow to very fast moments) and harmonica-laden chirps which play on a suggestive motif. The notch is sung by female and male voices, thereby creating a lot of pleasant contrasts between the different sides of the piece. The track can be considered an example of a simulacra, yet, it is not because it is very good, i.e being without any deviations.
Phopha - The Bus (2008)
/Electronic pop, Found sound, Trip-hop, Musique concrète, Crossover, Modern classical/
Comment: bubbling synth propulsions or more trip-hop/breakbeat-laden rhythms are either set below the piano drops or found sound/street sound-drenched synth and cathedral organ-driven progressions. At times the outlet is more picturesque, sometimes more restraint in its quite onerous developments. The last track exploits a template of rhythm as if melancholic piano driven and Kraftwerk-esque synth whiffs fused pop were mixed up with bhangra-influenced breakbeat punches. In conclusion, this 7-track issue is well composed and accomplished. The project originates from Czech Republic.
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