4/01/2012
Various Artists - Äriasjad EP & PDF (2012)
Bandcamp
9.1
9.1
/Alternative, Lo-fi, Garage pop, DIY, Blues rock, Bedroom music, Post-psychedelic electronica, Electronic pop, Experimental indie/
Comment: this is the first compilation issue by an Estonian virtual label, called Lita. It contains 4 tracks, 2 of them are recorded by more well-known artists (Zahir - an Estonian noise and blues-rooted underground legend who has been active since the first half of 90`s, and today`s Estonian golden pop girl Maria Minerva who has issued her releases on the Not Not Fun, a Californian-relied panacea for DIY/lo-fi/experimental artists all around the world. In any cases, both of them demonstrate their power at the highest level). However, the hysterical garage propulsion Ma Pesen Oma Hambaid Verega (I wash my teeths with blood) by Kooma, and bouncing rhythm sequences and catchy pop-laden hooks by Endel are suggestive in their somewhat sneering attitude either. In addition to the music the publication involves a PDF-based document of how promote your music (though it is written in Estonian it includes a shitloads of links for important places and domains). In a nuthsell, it is a great miscellany which proves that the things are getting improved with every next issue within the Estonian alternative scene.
Makunouchi Bento - Rinbu Remixed (2012)
Bandcamp
8.9
8.9
/Experimental electronica, World music, Avant-electronica, Chamber music, Dark ambient, Crossover, Glitchtronica, Remixes/
Comment: Felix Petrescu, and Valentin Toma comprise a Romanian duo, called Makunouchi Bento having already been active since 2001. There are represented 3 remixes, and one mix by their friends which used to span a variety of electronic visions extending from disquieted electronic drifts (mixed up with chamber music whiffs at times) and more haunting/dark ambient progressions and glitch-filled pieces to more ethnic/World Music-concentrated sonic seeds and Balkan-infected film soundtracks (indeed, the closing track Jubokko is a fabulous one in its otherworldly blinking and glimmering hooks and developments). All of these elements are a little pitchbent and deformed. In a nutshell, the result is essentially offbeat and unexpected which does not uncover its nature at once at all. And of course, in addition to it you should listen to their original tracks at Camomille either.
Coma Cinema - Baby Prayers (2009)
/DIY, Chamber pop, Alternative pop, Singer-songwriter, Experimental indie, Lo-fi/
Comment: this is the debut album by Mat Cothran aka Coma Cinema involving 14 tracks just spreaded out over 27 minutes. It contains exclusively demo staples recorded between 2005 and 2009. Indeed, the album provides lots of hints at Cothran`s further DIY aesthetics tightly dabbled with electronic undercurrents and curious elements of singer-songwriter-ism and baroque pop-esque sweeps. More profoundly, it is elegantly rough due to its lo-fi guitar fingerpicking which is interlaced with compelling orchestrations, droning synths and dreamy vocal lines. In the first place his aesthetics reminds of Mark Linkous aka Sparklehorse.
dreKu - In Homine Natura (2003)
Oftanova
9.2
9.2
/Cybergrind, Cut and paste, Grindcore, Brutal metal, Cybermetal, Sound collage, Hardcore electronica, Experimental metal, Hardcore, Crossover/
Comment: this project obviously comes out from Chile, South America having been active since the end of 90`s. By analysing the titles of notches and the coverprint of the particular album there can almost be sure about a fact the release is militantly arranged and channelized for. More profoundly, there are up 8 short-running tracks which are designed for to be certain battlefields for elliptical guitar noodling, punching a little brassy/corroded programmed blasts/machine gun-alike shooting and threatening bass lines. Furthermore, it exploits a huge array of samples (spoken word snippets, electronic bits, brass forays) to variegate and provoke the soundscape. On the other side, it pretends to be a bridge between metal/grind and hardcore (and) electronica/cybercore and, if you wish, sound collage/cut and paste. Ultimately, the result is a mesmerizing one. Let`s call it guerilla metal.
Pavol Ambiont - Irrhythmia (2012)
/Ambient dub, Robo pop, Dubstep, Spoken word, Tech-dub, Avant-garde, Club dance, Crossover, Dub-tech, Experimental electronica/
Comment: this album involves a shitloads of tracks/snippets spreaded out over 45 minutes, however, recorded in a timespan of 4 years, more particularly, from 2007-2011 by Pavel Niakhayev who is known as being a member of many other musical collectives either. Stylistically it veers away from cosmic ambient dub vibrations and lush dubstep progressions to more exact, club-centered endeavours and even bubblegum-esque techno/robo pop glimpses and concrete sound and spoken word-fringed mystical rays. There can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Randomajestiq (his compatriot - from Belarus), Kraftwerk, The Orb (of course!), Sidharta (Andrey Kiritchenko), Alio Die, Gennaro Molino, Koalips etc. In a word, the issue is truly profound, subtly variegating and suggestively contemplative.
Radere - The Earth, Laid Bare (2012)
/Organic electronica, Epic, Ambient, Ambient noise, Post-rock, Crossover, Experimental electronica, Musique concrète/
Comment: similarly to other releases on basic_sounds this issue by Carl Ritger contains just one track/composition, though, spreaded out over 35 minutes. It is highly organic involving the elements of electronica, ambient, microscopic noise, and experimental/post-rock, however, all of these stylistic elements are seamlessly interlaced with each other. Furthermore, all these aspects in turn are infiltrated with the seeds of found sounds/field recording. It brings forth a bunch of pleasant consequences - it is soothing, it is epic and thus even exulting. At times it seems to be more the burning of a campfire than the sequences of deliberately treated chords. By kindred souls, however, it can be compared to the likes of slept., Labradford, Tudo de Volta, Tim Hecker, Ecovillage, Clark Nova Portable, Beth Kleist, Machinefabriek, Loscil, Pan American and many other ones. What a stupendous flow! In a word, it is an instance of a God`s trace.
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